Changes in family diversity 10 marker Flashcards
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Paragraph one
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- Fertility rates contribute to the change in family diversity, fertility rate refers to the number of births to every 1000 women aged 15-44
- and with these rates have fallen in recent years from 115 in 1900 to 54.4 in 2000,
- it has left women to either remain childless or have children later in life with more births outside marriage.
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Paragraph two (first reason) part one
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- It can be said that the wider availability of contraception is causing this change in family diversity.
- As there are more reliable and readily available forms of contraception from the health service since 1967 women control when and how many children, they have
- whereas up until 1967 men largely use to decide the size of the family.
- These fertility changes can be compared to the early 1970s when the average age of women having children was 26.1 whereas in the early 2000s the average age is now 29.1.
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Paragraph Two (First Reason) part Two
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- This wider availability of contraception separated sex from marriage and liberated women
- allowing them to demand other rights such abortion and the choice of higher education and fulfilling work,
- this caused partners to have children later in life and smaller families.
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Paragraph Three (Second Reason) Part One
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- Marriage rates have also contributed to the change in family diversity with marriage rates dropping by 174000 between 1972 and 2000.
- It can be said that marriage and peoples change on views has contributed to the changes in family diversity. Through the liberation of women, many women have changed views on marriage
- with McRae in 1999 stating that many women reject the idea of marriage as it restricts freedom and independence.
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Paragraph Three (Second Reason) Part Two
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- Due to this liberation many women are getting married later in life after putting careers before marriage therefore, children are born later in life causing smaller families.
