changing family patterns-parterships 1

Question 1

marriage- change in patterns

Answer 1

less people marrying -2012 1/2 number of first time marriges comapred to couples 1970
-more re marriages than marriages(serial monogamy)
-average age of marriage rose 1971-2012
-couples less likely to marry in church(60%>30% 2012)

Question 2

marriage- change in patterns leads to

Answer 2

decline in divorce, step familys

Question 3

reason for marrige pattern change

Answer 3

chagning attitude to marrige-less pressure to marry and people can choose the type of relationship they want, its less of a norm for everyone to get married
-seclurisaton-chruch region has less influence of relationships so less people marrying
-less stigma around marrige alternatives=1989-70% believed couples wanting children should be married, 42% 2012
-chaning in women’s position:more educaited/job opp/role models makes women not have to marry to be financially stable +divorce rates dropped as less people marry

Question 4

view point of marrige- new right

Answer 4

marriage and nuclear family is under attack and decline. marrige is becoming less popular as rates have decline. britan 2005- 244,710 couple got married, 1974-480k. females 30.6% to 24.6%

Question 5

view point of marriage- evaluation

Answer 5

majority of people in britian marry as surveys indicate re marriages increase of all marirges(15%1971>40%2006), most people see marriage as desirable object in their life

Question 6

chester 1985 eval of marrige decline/new right

Answer 6

argues society is not witnessing mass ejection of marriage, instead people are delaying marirfe probably after a period of cohabitation for economic reasons. In 2005 7 in 10 family still headed by married couple

Question 7

cohabitation key trends/satistic:

Answer 7

it is an unmarried couple who live together>fastest growing family type.
1in 8 couples cohabiting, double the 1996 fig
2.9 m straight cohabit 69k same sex

Question 8

cohabitation why it has inc

Answer 8

less stigma around sex before marrige- 44% agreed it is not wrong 1989 compared to 65% 2012. young more likely to accept coabiting
more carrer opp for woemn- makes them financially stable so freer to cohabit.
-seclurisation:young people with no religion most likely to cohabit

Question 9

marriage and cohabiting related:

Answer 9

some consider cohabitation to be setting stone for marrige, others alternaitve

Question 10

marriage and cohabiting related: CHESTER

Answer 10

most people see cohabiting as process of getting married

Question 11

marriage and cohabiting related: COAST

Answer 11

75% of cohabiters intend to marry cohabiting like trial marrige to see if marrige will go well

Question 12

cohabitation viewpoint:
new right

Answer 12

cohabiting threatening sanctity of marriage- the type of arrnagmrnt is too casual and does not involve the same sort of commitment/loyalty marriage does. children born outside of marrige is sign of moral decline. 2007 ONS- cohabiting couples are fastest growing family type in uk. 2.2m families cohabiting with or without children 30% briths are not due to cohabiting rather than married couples

Question 13

eval of new right: Burgoyne 1982:

Answer 13

suggest most cases of cohabiting are tmeproart phase, as eventually marry. social attitudes tend to support marrige rather than cohabiting and reason may be pragmatic - cost high may deter people in areas of unemploymentt. 3/4 briths outside marrige is registered by bother parents indicated the briths occur in stable relationships

Question 14

cohabitation not exclusive to heterosexual couples: plumer 1995:

Answer 14

60% of gay men are cohabiting in relation of over 1y duration.