Based on interviews with LATs in Yorkshire, she focused on why devoted couples should want to live alone and found that most had made a conscious decision to keep their domestic lives separate.
“They have arrived at this point sometimes because a previous cohabiting relationship has broken down, or they do not want to impose a new partner on children from a previous relationship,” she said.
She found only a small minority, the “regretfully apart”, are forced into it by competing work commitments or family responsibilities.
Professor Roseneil identified a third group, “undecidedly apart”, who, while committed to one another, did not find themselves on the path towards cohabiting.
Her findings bear out the first research on British LATs conducted by the University of Oxford research fellow John Haskey, who in 2005 estimated that up to two million couples were living in separate homes.
While living apart is popular among younger people, his study found hundreds of thousands of older couples between the ages of 35 and 59 were also choosing separate living. He estimated that up to 14 per cent of 50-to 59-year-olds were LATs. Using data from overseas, Professor Roseneil said that it was “highly probable” that LATs are on the increase. http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article177...
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Couples that live apart . . . stay together
Based on interviews with LATs in Yorkshire, she focused on why devoted couples should want to live alone and found that most had made a conscious decision to keep their domestic lives separate.
“They have arrived at this point sometimes because a previous cohabiting relationship has broken down, or they do not want to impose a new partner on children from a previous relationship,” she said.
She found only a small minority, the “regretfully apart”, are forced into it by competing work commitments or family responsibilities.
Professor Roseneil identified a third group, “undecidedly apart”, who, while committed to one another, did not find themselves on the path towards cohabiting.
Her findings bear out the first research on British LATs conducted by the University of Oxford research fellow John Haskey, who in 2005 estimated that up to two million couples were living in separate homes.
While living apart is popular among younger people, his study found hundreds of thousands of older couples between the ages of 35 and 59 were also choosing separate living. He estimated that up to 14 per cent of 50-to 59-year-olds were LATs. Using data from overseas, Professor Roseneil said that it was “highly probable” that LATs are on the increase.
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article177...