Within 20 years, only two out of five adults will be married, according to the Office for National Statistics. Husbands and wives will make up only 41 percent of the over-16 population by 2031, when they will be outnumbered by divorcees, single people and cohabiting couples. There were 231,450 marriages in 2007, 3.3 per cent fewer than the year before. The only year in which there was a smaller number of weddings was 1895, when there were 228,204. Will the U.S. also see similar trends to those emerging in Europe?
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Marc Payan
