Assessment

Question 1

Divorce patterns

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Answer 1

-2012 118,000 divorces
-6x more than in 1961
-40% marriges end in divorce

1969 Divorce reform act, came into play 1971

Question 2

Explaining divorce increase (law)

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Answer 2

Changes in law
-equalising ground
-cheaper
-widens grounds

Question 3

Explaining divorce increase

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Answer 3

-Declining stigma
-Secularisation
-Rising marrige expectations
-Womens increased financial independence

Question 4

Fertility patterns

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Answer 4

1963 (boom)- 2.93 child per women
2020- 1.58 child per women
-Average childbirth 30.7 years

Question 5

Reasons for falling birth rate

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Answer 5

Changes in female position
-Legal equality
-Educational opportunities
-Paid employmant (53% 1972, 72% 2012)

Children are an economic liability (changing norms regarding expectation)

Rise in child centredness (quality not quantity)

Question 6

Ageing population

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Answer 6

-1971 avg. age 34., 2020 42.8

Question 7

Affect of AP on structure

Answer 7

-Dependency ratio 3.5w - 1p (2022), 2.7w -1p (2041)

-Sandwich generation, depended on by ageing parents and young children

-Leads to beanpole families, with multiple generations living under one roof

Question 8

Reason for Ageing population

Answer 8

Fall in TDR
-Better healthcare NHS 1946
-Clean air act 1956
-Harper- smoking + diet