Family Demography Flashcards
Demography definition
Study of populations their characteristics and how they change
Divorce rate
Number of 1000 married people per year
Divorce statistics
Expected 42% marriages end in divorce and half of them will occur in first 10 years of marriage.
Reasons for increase in divorce
Change in law
Changing attitude
rising expectations
Rise Of feminism
Changes in law
19th century women had to prove adultery or husbands cruelty.
1923 grounds for divorce equalised
1969 divorce reform act- breakdown of marriage soles ground for divorce, 2 years separation of both consent, 5 if one doesn’t.
1984- need to be married a year before petition for divorce
Changing attitudes
YOUGOV2013- 2/3 people thought no long sigma to get divorced
Gibson- weakened degree to which religion can bind a couple together
Rising expectations
Functionalist fletcher- people still value marriage so they have high expectations and no tolerance
Giddens- ‘pure relationship’ if needs aren’t met free to leave
Rise of feminism
2/3 all divorces by women
Thomas and collard- women expect more from relationships
Validity
Quality of accuracy and truthfulness
Reliability
Ability to repeat something with same results
Functionalist view on high divorce rate
Leaving a bad marriage for a better one
Re marrying shows how much people value marriage to get it perfect
New right view on high divorce rate
Best family has married hetrosexual couple so dissaprove of divorce.
Increase line parents so increase in benefits. Want laws making it harder to divorce
Feminist view on high divorce rate
See men as enemy. Women takers of shiy. 2/3 divorce by women Radical feminist- break from oppression Liberal feminist- recognise law change
Postmodernist view on high divorce rate
Stay in one relationship until it doesn’t meet individual needs and isn’t equal then they leave and find new one
Marriage rate
Number of men or women marrying per 1000 unmarried women or women aged 16 or over each year
Marriage statistics
2015- 1/3 marriages were re marriage
2015- 239,020 heterosexual marriages in England and Wales
Reasons for decrease in marriage
Cost £30,000 Sharpe- priority shift Fletcher- wait for idea marriage Secularisation High expectations
Cohabitation
Living with a partner without being married
Cohabitation statistics
101,000 Sam sex cohabiting families uk 2017.
17% all families