Their wedlock is a happy marriage.

缣 他们的结合是美满的姻缘。

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In most countries, rising divorce rates coincide with more births out of wedlock and a fall in marriage rates.

在大多数国家，与飙升的离婚率并发的还有婚外生子率的增加、结婚率的下降。

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The report by the National Marriage Project finds that by age 25 just 38% of women would've married, but 44% have had a baby, for women as a whole, 48% of first births are outside wedlock.

国家婚姻项目颁布的这份报告显示25岁的女性中只有38%已经结婚，但44%有了孩子，作为整体一部分的女性，48%的第一胎是非婚生育。

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This means ending tax and welfare incentives that discourage marriage and encourage children out of wedlock, rewarding work over unemployment benefits, and a host of other pro-poor policies.

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Traditional marriage laws may support legitimate goals like promoting intact, reasonably stable wedlock between mothers and fathers for children, or simply stem from a desire to not experiment with a core unit of civil society.

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So, what did change, starting around 1960, to account for the decline in marriage rates, the sharp increase in divorce, and the explosion of out-of-wedlock births?

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