or women aged under 35 years.The rate of conception and births outside marriage has continued to grow, with 57 per cent of all pregnancies occurring in this instance.That is up from 54 per cent in 2002 and 44 per cent in 1992.However, the proportion of conceptions outside marriage which led to births - as opposed to termination or other factors which could end a pregnancy - was 69 per cent, compar