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Marry or not?
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INTRODUCTION
The British society experienced a sharp decline in the number of marriages from 480, 000 in 1972 to 286, 000 in 2001, while the number of divorce had a big jump from 80, 000 in 1971 to about 160, 000 in 2001. (1) In addition, the growth of divorce rate is accelerated by the Divorce Reform Act 1969 and the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act, which simplified the process of divorce. (2) Consequently confidence for marriage is fading causing that an increasing number of people turn to cohabitation. For instance, in the mid 1960s fewer than 5% of first partnerships are cohabitation but in 2002 the figure roared to over 70%. (3) In addition, in 2001, 76% of couples lived together before they got marriage. (4) Moreover, 67% of p
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