The unhappily married couple, in most cases, remains together out of a sense of economic responsibility for their children, because of the high costs of separation, or because of the consumption benefits of marriage.

很多情况下，因为离婚的高成本，或者因为婚姻在消费上带来实惠，生活不幸福的夫妇出于对子女的经济上的责任而继续维系他们的家庭。