Most Dominicans choose to live together over legal marriage, according to a front-page story in Diario Libre today, Monday 23 November 2015. National Census statistics show that there are 1.6 million family units in the country, divided in nuclear, single parent, extended, grandparent and childless. The nuclear family model, with a couple and children prevails. Cohabitation prevails among all family types.
Read more in Spanish: http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/la-union-libre-se-arraiga-en-la-familia-dominicana-EJ1957161