英半数成年人没结婚 未婚同居成常态
<p>英国国家统计局(<span word="ONS">ONS</span>)最新公布的数据显示，在英国成年人口中，已婚人士首次不足半数，占成年人口总数的48.4%。近30年来，不婚现象在英国一直存在，未婚同居已成常态，历届政府早已停止对已婚者提供任何税收优惠和法律优待。数字显示，约1/3的女性从没结过婚。将近800万的女性保持着单身，或者选择非正式的同居关系。统计还显示，不仅仅是英国，其他国家的已婚者人数也在迅速下降。</p><p><span word="Less">Less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="adult">adult</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="married">married</span>, <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="yesterday">yesterday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="watershed">watershed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="culmination">culmination</span> <span word="of">of</span> 30 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="cohabitation">cohabitation</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="norm">norm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="successive">successive</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="ceased">ceased</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="breaks">breaks</span>, <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="privileges">privileges</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="approval">approval</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="married">married</span>.</p>
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