changing family patterns-parterships 1 Flashcards
marriage- change in patterns
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)
marriage- change in patterns leads to
decline in divorce, step familys
reason for marrige pattern change
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
view point of marrige- new right
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%
view point of marriage- evaluation
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
chester 1985 eval of marrige decline/new right
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
cohabitation key trends/satistic:
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
cohabitation why it has inc
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
marriage and cohabiting related:
some consider cohabitation to be setting stone for marrige, others alternaitve
marriage and cohabiting related: CHESTER
most people see cohabiting as process of getting married
marriage and cohabiting related: COAST
75% of cohabiters intend to marry cohabiting like trial marrige to see if marrige will go well
cohabitation viewpoint:
new right
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
eval of new right: Burgoyne 1982:
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
cohabitation not exclusive to heterosexual couples: plumer 1995:
60% of gay men are cohabiting in relation of over 1y duration.