Changing Family Patterns Flashcards
1
Q
What percentage of marriages end in divorce?
A
40%
2
Q
Why is divorce increasing?
A
- 1923 - equalising grounds of divorce
- Decline in stigma
- Secularisation
- Changing positions of women: 73% are in paid work
3
Q
Why has marriage decreased?
A
- Less pressure to marry
- Secularisation
- Fear of Divorce
4
Q
Why has cohabitation increased?
A
- Young ppl more accepting
- Women don’t need the financial security of a marriage
- Secularisation
5
Q
Coast
A
75% of cohabitating couples say they expect to marry each other
6
Q
Same-sex relationships
A
-Stonewall: 71% Gen Z are straight
91% of Baby Boomers
- 1967 - decriminalized
- 2014 - able to marry
7
Q
One person households
A
- Increased: 13% in 2022
- Pensioners living this way has doubled since 1961
- Creative Singlehood
8
Q
LATs
A
Duncan & Phillips: 1 in 10 adults
- People can’t afford to live together
9
Q
Lone-parent families
A
15% of UK families (2022)
- Increase in Divorce
- Decline in stigma
10
Q
Stepfamilies
A
10%
Ferri & Smith: childcare is positive but they’re at greater risk of poverty
