Cohabiting couples who have children often get married. Children born outside marriage may be born to cohabiting couples or to single women. Nationally, 59.5% of cohabiting same-sex couples were married. Nor is insurable interest recognized for cohabiting couples. Local church leaders still have discretion for same-sex couples who are cohabiting but not married. Of couples with children, 18% were cohabiting. In Mexico, 18.7% of all couples were cohabiting . In Australia, 22% of couples were cohabiting . The 2000 census placed the percentage of cohabiting couples at 19%. In New Zealand, 23.7% of couples were cohabiting as of 2006. In France, 17.5% of couples were cohabiting as of 1999. Cohabiting for the purpose of marriage carried with it no social stigma. Since the mid 1990s, births to cohabiting parents have increased, particularly in Quebec. Recent Indian court rulings have ascribed some rights to long-term cohabiting partners. In the Philippines, around 2.4 million Filipinos were cohabiting .