From 1950 to 1987, there appeared an increasingly delaying trend in first marriage age for both men and women.

从1950 - 1987年，男性和女性的初婚年龄出现不断推迟的趋势。

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The women's educational level can be involved into certain factors like birth idea, family structure, first marriage age, employment status to influence the fertility rate.

分析表明，妇女文化程度与其平均活产子女数呈负相关关系，并且妇女文化程度通过生育观念、家庭结构、初婚年龄、就业状况等因素对生育率产生影响。

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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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That's one reason the average age of first marriage is the highest it's ever been, Brown added.

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These are just some of the reasons the average age at first marriage has been rising for several decades and now hovers around 27 for women and 29 for men.

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated median age at first marriage in 2011 was 28.7 for men and 26.5 for women, compared with 26.8 and 25.1, respectively, in 2000.

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