Changing family patterns Flashcards

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Reasons for a increase in divorce rate

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Legal changes

Less stigma

​Secularisation - decline in religious influence on society.

Higher expectations of marriage

Women’s financial independence

Rise in serial monogamy

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Trends in partnerships

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More people are living together without being married (secularisation, stigma and cost)

Increase in same-sex partnerships (secularisation and stigma)

More people living alone (life expectancy and stigma)

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Childbirth trends

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More children are born outside marriage

Women are having children later

Radical feminists are still unhappy with women being the main caregivers

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