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英国国家统计局(ONS)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。 Less than half of the adult population is now married, figures confirmed for the first time yesterday. The watershed for marriage is the culmination of 30 years during which cohabitation has become the norm and successive governments have ceased to offer tax breaks, legal privileges or state approval to the married. | 
