Plus, with divorce rates at 50 percent, and the average marriage age edging upwards, lifelong friends are in some cases replacing the ideal of having a lifelong spouse.

另外，随着50%的离婚率和平均婚龄的上升，在一些情况下，夫妻白头偕老的理想已被拥有终身朋友所取代。

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The average age of first marriage has risen steadily for decades.

过去几十年来，初婚的平均年龄一直在稳步上升。

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The average marriage was 13 years and the average age was 41.

平均结婚年数为13年，平均年龄为41岁。

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Today the average marriage age in India has risen to 22 for women and 26 for men.

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The average age for marriage for women is now 23, and 27 for men.

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More and more young women are entering the workforce directly after high school or college and delaying marriage (average age women married in 1950 was 20.3 whereas the average age women married in 2007 was 26.0).

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