Sentence examples for marriage increase from inspiring English sources

Casual references to the breakdown of his marriage increase our sense of Michael's spiritual isolation.

The presence of children and longer duration of marriage increase specialization in the household.

Over time, the proportion of couples currently residing in cities increases gradually, and female spouses' education level and their age at first marriage increase as well.

This is because those with high school and college education usually have more opportunities to associate with youth from other ethnic groups, and therefore, the chances of dating and marriage increase.

To this end, UNICEF has been working to enhance the role of women, prevent child marriage, increase girls education, educate and abolish Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), and support the development of adolescent life skills.

Assuming Washington follows Maine and Maryland, he added, "The number of states with gay marriage increased by 50 percent overnight".

Together they sweep up a host of studies which suggest that marriage increases health and happiness for both sexes.

Conservatives who supported same-sex marriage increased to 43 percent in 2011 from 34 percent in 2009, the survey found.

After the elections last month, the number of states authorizing same-sex marriage increased by half, to nine.

Back in Miyako, Dalby imagines her heroine's brief marriage, increasing literary notoriety as author of the Genji stories and subsequent summons to serve the empress at court.

For example, "the urge to help the inner-city poor led to welfare programs in the 1960s that reduced the value of marriage, increased out-of-wedlock births, and weakened African American families," he suggests.