Recent reports from the U.S. Census Bureau have confirmed that divorce is on the decline, which sounds like good news; but technically it’s been on the decline for quite awhile now.

美国人口调查局最近的报告证实离婚率在下降，这听起来像是好消息；但严格来说，离婚率下降已经有较长一段时间。

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I think the latest census data and other economic reports support this theory.

我认为最新的人口普查数据和其他经济报告支持这一理论。

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But,as Faith Lapidus reports, the Census Bureau says more than one million women in America were stay-at-home mothers last year.

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Quite to the contrary, Census reports that in 2011 the average incomes of the top 20% of income earners rose, while incomes for the bottom 80%, declined.

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