changing pattens - marriage/ childbearing Flashcards
cohabitation 1 -
how many couples cohabitate?
2.9 million couples
what does Chester say cohabitation happens for?
trial marriage
what does bejin say on cohabitation
attempt to have an equal relationship
same sex couples 2 -
how many LGBTQ Couples do stonewell estimate
5 - 7%
chosen familes 3 - what does weeks argue on chosen familes?
weeks explain a trend towards same sex cohabitation and stable relationships that see those found among heterosexual. Weeks sees at people as creating families based on the idea of “friendship and kinship” where friendships become a type of kinship network.
one person household 4 -
how many live in a one person household?
why? Samantha and Duncan
there has been a big rise in the number of people living alone, almost 3 in 10 households ,7.7 million 40% of all one household are over 65.
the increase in separation and divorce has created more one person household, especially among men under 65 this is because following divorce children likely to stay with their mothers
living apart together - 1 in 10 adults LAT
how many children are born outside of marriage
what are the reasons for change?
47%
include change in stigma, for example only 28% of 23-23 olds now think marriage should come later, the later age of women having children is smaller family sizes and the fact that women choose to remain chilldless
how much do lone parent familes make of the population
why has lone parent family increased? factor 1
22% of all families with children and 1 in 4 child lives in a lone parent family. Over 90% of those families are headed by lone parent families. A child living with one parent is twice as likely to in poverty.
number of lone parent families has risen due to the increase in divorce and separation and more recently increase in never been married before. Lone parent families tend to be headed by female headed for several reasons these include.
The widespread belief women are nature settled fathers usually give custody to mothers men less willing to give up work.
ethnic differences in family
black and African families - mirza,
black and African have a higher lone parent preparation rate just over half this compared to 1 in 9 in asain families . high rate of female headed, lone parent black families sometimes as evidence of family mirza said high lone parent family among black and african women say it’s due to independence
