Marriage: the under-30s prefer common-law status. (News in Brief).Ottawa -- According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Statistics Canada report in July 2002, a majority of young Canadians Young Canadians (originally The K-Tels) were a Vancouver punk rock band active for just under two years. The YC's were influenced not only by the other punk bands in town at that time such as D.O.A. and the Pointed Sticks, but also by the Dolls, Stooges, and 60s garage rock. are opting first for common-law relationships over marriage. Later on, many do enter marriage. From 1996 to 2001, 53.3 percent of women aged 20-29 chose the common-law relationship rather than marriage; 30.7 percent of women chose marriage. The number of married couples over these five years increased by 3 percent from 6.2 million to 6.4 million. Common-law relationships rose by 20 percent to 1.2 million. A similar development exists among men in their 20s, with a ratio of 42.6 to 30.9 percent for commonlaw over marriage. In 1981, commonlaw couples numbered 352,610, rising to 719,275 in 1991. The Canadian trends reflect what is happening in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . |
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