Impact Of The Changing Attitudes To Marriage On Family Life Flashcards
List the impacts that changes in marriage have had on family life.
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Breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit
Increase in one-parent families
Increased number of children born outside marriage
Increase in same-sex marriages
How has the breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit impacted the family life?
Divorce and separation has led to a breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit and an increase in blended families, as individuals are remarrying
What has led to a breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit and an increase in blended families?
Divorce and separation
What has divorce and separation led to?
A breakdown in the traditional family unit and an increase in blended families
How has divorce and separation led to a breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit and an increase in blended families?
As individuals are remarrying
How has the increase in one-parent families impacted families?
There has been an increase in one-parent families, generally headed by females, due to marital breakdown and divorce
Who are one-parent families generally headed by?
Females
Why has there been an increase in one-parent families?
Due to marital breakdown and divorce
How has an increased number of children born outside marriage impacted marriage?
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As numerous couples are cohabiting before getting married, there is an increase in the number of children born outside marriage
There is no longer a stigma attached to this
Why is there an increase in the number of children born outside marriage?
As numerous couples are cohabiting before getting married
What has numerous couples cohabiting before getting married lead to?
An increase in the number of children born outside marriage
Why are couples cohabiting together without marriage?
As there is no longer a stigma attached to this
How has the increase in same-sex marriages impacted family life?
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There has been an increase in same-sex marriages due to the introduction of the Marriage Act 2015
Same-sex couples are expanding their families by adoption, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and surrogacy
What has brought about the increase in same-sex marriages?
The introduction of the Marriage Act 2015
How are same-sex marriages expanding their families?
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Adoption
In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
Surrogacy
