FAMILIES & HOUSEHOLDS - DEMOGRAPHY

Question 1

changing divorce rates

Answer 1

->divorce rates more than doubled from 1971-1985 following the Divorce Reform Act of 1969
->in 1994 it was estimated that every 4/10 marriages will end in divorce

Question 2

changing marriage rates

Answer 2

->women no longer rely on men/husbands to be the role of breadwinner for the family
->increasing numbers of women attending university and pursuing education and career aspirations
->less young people are seeing the purpose of getting married - weddings are expensive and CoE membership has declined from 40% in the 1980s to 16% in 2014