Marriage as an institution has changed greatly since the introduction of no-fault divorce in 1975. Quite apart from the recent advent of same-sex marriage, the facts of heterosexual marriage reveal a fourfold increase in divorce, a massive retreat from marriage into extended cohabitation, delayed marriage, a declining birth rate and a substantial increase in the median age of marriage.
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