Wilson Ben
Office for National Statistics.
Popul Trends. 2009 Summer(136):21-7. doi: 10.1057/pt.2009.16.
This article summarises mid-2007 cohabitation estimates produced for England and Wales and compares these with estimates made for previous years. Over the last fifteen years there has been a rise in the number of cohabiting adults in England and Wales. Previous estimates indicate that there were 2.7 million cohabiting adults in 1992 (6 per cent of the population over 16-years-old). In 2007 it is estimated that the number of cohabiting adults had increased to 4.5 million (10 per cent of the population over 16-years-old). Cohabitation trends provide evidence to suggest that cohabitation will continue to rise for never married adults (and therefore overall), particularly at older ages. There is also evidence suggesting an end to historic increases in cohabitation levels for never married adults under 30-years-old.
本文总结了2007年年中针对英格兰和威尔士所做的同居情况估计，并将这些估计与前几年的估计进行了比较。在过去十五年中，英格兰和威尔士同居成年人的数量有所增加。先前的估计表明，1992年有270万同居成年人（占16岁以上人口的6%）。据估计，2007年同居成年人的数量已增至450万（占16岁以上人口的10%）。同居趋势提供了证据，表明未婚成年人（因此总体上）的同居现象将继续增加，尤其是在较高年龄阶段。也有证据表明，30岁以下未婚成年人的同居水平历史性增长已告结束。
