Bradford researchers have found one in ten adults in a relationship but not living with their partner are still incorrectly classed as single when it comes to statistics.

Researchers at the University of Bradford, Birkbeck, University of London and NatCen Social Research have been studying the nine per cent of British adults, most of whom are forced to tick the ‘single’ box in surveys because, although they are in a steady relationship, they do not live with their partner.

The research out today studied the new people trend of those called LATs – Living Apart Together.

Miranda Phillips, of NatCen, said: “The common assumption is that people who choose not to live with their partner are either wealthy celebrity couples or are professional couples forced to live apart because of their jobs. In fact, LATs come from all social classes and only eight per cent live apart primarily because of where their jobs are.”