Housemates and roommates are typically unmarried young adults, including workers and students.

There was an increase of sexual encounters between unmarried adults.

Mississippi permits adoption by an unmarried adult without regard to sexual orientation.

In many cases, they are unmarried young adults who live at home or have just started out on their own.

Under a section that spells out who may adopt, the statute gives that right to both an "unmarried adult" and to a married couple.

Now, divorce, affluence and social tolerance are spawning many family forms, including partnerships of unmarried adults.

We shall, however, also see many more "family" units consisting of a single unmarried adult and one or more children.

The domestic-partners measure, passed unanimously on Wednesday, would allow cohabiting unmarried adults over the age of 18 to register with the city.

Many unmarried adults are left with insufficient after-tax income to afford decent housing in a safe neighborhood - a particular concern for women alone.

The majority are older people, single parents or unmarried young adults, and single-family housing does not meet their housing demands.