Unemployment appears to be encouraging more unmarried couples to live together. The number of couples cohabitating rose 13 percent from 6.7 percent in 2009 to a record high of 7.5 million this year, according to the U.S. Census.

Among those living together in 2010, about 39 percent were both employed. That’s down from 50 percent in 2009.

About 24 percent of men who began living together in 2010 didn't work the previous year, compared to 14 percent of men who began cohabitating in 2009.

Source: USA Today, Sharon Jayson