Though marriage is a catalyst for working men and women to obtain life insurance, a new study shows parents aren't adjusting their life insurance coverage when they have children.

A MetLife study finds about half of single working men and women without minor children have some amount of life insurance, a percentage that climbs to 72 percent for married workers without minor children but increases just marginally, to 75 percent, for married couples with youngsters.

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