family - changing family patterns

Question 1

divorce statistic

Answer 1

40% of marriages end in divorce

Question 2

5 reasons for increased divorce

Answer 2

1) legal changes
2) less social stigma
3) secularisation
4) higher expectations of marriage
5) changing position of women

Question 3

4 reasons for decreasing marriage rates

Answer 3

1) less pressure to marry
2) increase of cohabitation
3) women’s economic independence
4) rising divorce rates