families and households

Question 1

statistic from 1940 on how “fewer people are marrying”

Answer 1

426,000 people married

Question 2

“fewer people are marrying” what percentage of marriages were first time marriages for both partners

Answer 2

91%

Question 3

how many marriages were there in 2012

Answer 3

175,000

Question 4

“remarriages are increasing” how many for 1999

Answer 4

108,488

Question 5

“remarriages are increasing” how many people remarried in 2012

Answer 5

80,890

Question 6

what was the average age for marrying in 1971

Answer 6

25 for men and 23 for women

Question 7

what was the average age for marrying in 2012

Answer 7

36.2 for men and 33.6 for women

Question 8

how many civil ceremonies were there in 1981

Answer 8

60%

Question 9

how many civil ceremonies were there in 2012

Answer 9

30%

Question 10

cohabitation in 1996 how many people were cohabiting and between what ages

Answer 10

2.9 million people aged 16-59 were cohabiting

Question 11

how many people were cohabiting in 2012

Answer 11

5.9 million

Question 12

what is the percentage of men and women that are likely to cohabit between the ages of 25-29

Answer 12

33% for men 37% for women

Question 13

in 2012 the number of cohabiting households containing no children was …

Answer 13

56%

Question 14

in 2012 the number of cohabiting households containing non-dependant children was …

Answer 14

39%

Question 15

cohabitation as a permanent alternative to marriage:

what was the survey conducted for this experiment called

Answer 15

the British and European Attitudes Survey

Question 16

what did Barlow et al find out about cohabitation

Answer 16

he found out that marriage was a lifestyle choice than an expected part of life

Question 17

what does Chandler suggest about cohabitiation

Answer 17

that it is becomming accepted as a long term permanent alternative to marriage and this is reflected in the increasing proportion of children born outside of marriage in cohabiting relationships

Question 18

cohabitation as a prelude to marriage:
what did Chester say about this

Answer 18

that it is a temporary phase before marriage

Question 19

cohabitation as a prelude to marriage:
how many marriages are being preceded by cohabitation

Answer 19

80%

Question 20

divorce:

how many marriages were ended in divorce in 2012

Answer 20

42%

Question 21

cohabitation as a prelude to marriage:

what did Coast find out

Answer 21

that 75% of cohabiting couples expect to marry each other if the cohabitation is successful

Question 22

divorce:

how many petitions were filled out for divorce in 1911

Answer 22

859

Question 23

divorce:

how many petitions were filled out for divorce in 1993

Answer 23

180,000

Question 24

divorce:

how many petitions were filled out for divorce in 2015

Answer 24

114,000

Question 25

the divorce rate per 1000 married rose from:

Answer 25

_2.1_ in **1961** to _13.1_ in **1995**

Question 26

divorce has declined since 1993, give the figures

Answer 26

12.9 in 2001 to 10.8 in 2011

Question 27

in 2011 the divorce rates was 10.8 and the marriage rate was ...

Answer 27

8.7

Question 28

in 1961 how many marriages in the uk were first marriages

Answer 28

15%

Question 29

in 1999 how many remarriages were there

Answer 29

41%

Question 30

how many remarriages were there in 20019 and what was the trend

Answer 30

it had falled to 35%

Question 31

**_trends in childearing:_** **_the increase in the number of children born outside of marriage_** How many births were registered to married couples in 1961 and then in 2011

Answer 31

in 1961 94% of births were registered to married couples then in 2011 it had decreased to 53%

Question 32

**_trends in childearing:_** **_the increase in the number of children born outside of marriage_** in 1971 how many births outside of marriage were jointly registered

Answer 32

45%

Question 33

**_trends in childearing:_** **_the increase in the number of children born outside of marriage_** in 2011 how many births were registered ny parents who were either married or cohabiting

Answer 33

84%

Question 34

**_trends in childearing:_** **_women are having**_ _**children later_** between 1971 and 2012 what did the average age for a women to have her first child rise from

Answer 34

24 to 27.9 years

Question 35

**_trends in childearing:_** **_women are having children later_** what was the average for a women and father to have their first child in 2012

Answer 35

women: 29.7 man: 32.6

Question 36

**_trends in childbearing:_** **_women are having children later_** how many babies were born to mothers and fathers over 30

Answer 36

mothers: 49% fathers: 65%

Question 37

**_trends in childbearing:_** **_women are having fewer children_** what was the average number of children per women in 2011

Answer 37

1.91

Question 38

**_trends in childbearing:_** **_more women are remaining childless_** in 2013 how many women were childless and at what age

Answer 38

1 in 5 women reaching the age of 45 were childless

Question 39

what trend is responsible for the increase in reconstituted families

Answer 39

the increase in divorce