According to a 2013 sociologicalstudycited in the Atlantic, 74 percent ofcohabitingwomen are "completely committed" totheir partner, whileonly 59 percent ofmensaid the same.
The sponsors would either be their parent or parents with whom they live, or the parent and a step-parent, or their spouse, civil partner or cohabitingpartner, depending on the student's particular situation.
Many young people in their twenties have children with a cohabitingpartner, but these cohabiting relationships have proven to be quite unstable, leading to a lot of turmoil for both the children and the adults in such households.