Cohabitation

Question 1

cohabitation - number of first-time marriages has ___ since when?

Answer 1

halved

1971

Question 2

cohabitation - number of people cohabitation has ___ since when?

Answer 2

doubles

1996

Question 3

cohabitation

Answer 3

living together and having a sexual relationship without being married

Question 4

cohabitation - why people cohabitate

Answer 4

• alternative substitution to marriage (without legal commitments or patriarchal element)
• temporary, casual relationship (sharing accommodation to spend time together)
• preparation/trial for marriage

Question 5

cohabitation - reasons for decline in marriage & growing cohabitation

Answer 5

• changing role of women (personal fulfilment without commitments )
• reduced functions of the family (no longer practical necessity)
• changing social attitudes and reduced social stigma
• secularisation (importance of marriage, disapproval of cohabitation declined)
• rising divorce rates (deter couples)
• risk-society (individuals no longer controlled by traditional institutions, range of alternatives)