Marital breakdown

Question 1

Couples no longer see marriage as a ___ to long term ___ relationships and producing ___.

Answer 1

Necessity
Sexual
Children

Question 2

Giddens (1993) and Goode (1963) both argue there is a ___ towards adopting ___ forms of marriage and ___ structure.

Answer 2

Trend
Westernised
Family

Question 3

Coleman and Salt (1992) say ___ beliefs of marriage are being challenged by new ___, economic roles for ___, laws and ___ planning.

Answer 3

Traditional
Ideas
Women
Family

Question 4

Marriage is becoming less ___.

Answer 4

Popular

Question 5

Alternatives to marriage are on the rise, such as ___.

Answer 5

Cohabitation

Question 6

Much of the decline in marriage rate appears to be due to people ___ marriage as opposed to ___ it.

Answer 6

Delaying

Rejecting

Question 7

More marriages are preceded by ___.

Answer 7

Cohabitation

Question 8

Changing attitudes towards marriage could be due to the ___ of marriage, ___ or changing ___ towards marriage.

Answer 8

Cost
Secularisation
Attitudes

Question 9

Feminist sociologists blame lack of female ___ for the decline in marriage.

Answer 9

Satisfaction

Question 10

The ___ ___ say the decline in ___ is a breakdown of traditional ___.

Answer 10

New Right
Marriage
Values

Question 11

Functionalists say cohabiting with children is a ___ family in ___.

Answer 11

Nuclear

Disguise

Question 12

Chester (1985) said cohabitation is a ___ phase in most cases.

Answer 12

Temporary

Question 13

The 1994 Economic and Social Research Council Report said cohabiting relationships are less ___ and ___ times more likely to ___ than married couples.

Answer 13

Stable
4
Separate

Question 14

Countries with high ___ influence still have ___ marriage rates.

Answer 14

Religious

High

Question 15

Single person households are more common due to ___ and ___ of spouse.

Answer 15

Divorce

Death

Question 16

Bernandes (1997) says pressure from society ___ being ___.

Answer 16

Discourages

Single

Question 17

Divorce rates have ___ across the ___.

Answer 17

Increased

World

Question 18

Chester (1984) says ___ ___ is difficult to measure.

Answer 18

Marital

Breakdown

Question 19

___% of divorce petitions are made by women.

Answer 19

75

Question 20

Bernard (1976) said two marriages are experienced; one by the ___ and one by the ___.

Answer 20

Man

Woman

Question 21

New ___ for women allow financial ___.

Answer 21

Opportunities

Independence

Question 22

Women no longer see ___ as the only way to ___ themselves.

Answer 22

Marriage

Fulfil

Question 23

Greater ___, better ___ and job ___ have encouraged divorce.

Answer 23

Equality
Rights
Opportunities

Question 24

The ___ ___ Act 1971 meant people no longer had to prove a ‘___ ___’, simply the ‘___ breakdown of ___’

Answer 24

Divorce Reform
Matrimonial offence
Irretrievable
Marriage

Question 25

The ___ ___ Act 1971 introduced the idea of separation.

Answer 25

Divorce

Reform

Question 26

The ___ ___ Bill of 1996 meant that couples now simply had to assert the marriage had ___ ___ in order to get a divorce.

Answer 26

Family
Law
Broken
Down

Question 27

Fletcher (1996) sees higher ___ rates as evidence of higher ___.

Answer 27

Divorce

Expectations

Question 28

Most divorcees ___.

Answer 28

Remarry

Question 29

Dennis (1984) said modern marriages are ___.

Answer 29

Fragile

Question 30

The ___ attached to divorce is greatly ___.

Answer 30

Stigma

Reduced

Question 31

The divorced couple, their children and their family can feel a sense of loss equivalent to ___.

Answer 31

Bereavement

Question 32

Couples no longer stay together for the ‘___ ___ ___ ___’

Answer 32

Sake
Of
The
Children

Question 33

As lives are now longer, a ‘___ ___’ is not what it used to be.

Answer 33

Lifelong

Marriage

Question 34

There has been an ___ in ___ outside marriage.

Answer 34

Increase

Births

Question 35

Emotional intensity has increased due to less ___ on people outside the family.

Answer 35

Reliance

Question 36

___ people are getting married now than at any other point in the last ___.

Answer 36

Fewer

Century

Question 37

Berthoud (2000) notices ___ differences in marriage.

Answer 37

Ethnic

Question 38

The value of marriage has declined because people are not ___, it ___ men more and creates ___ expectations.

Answer 38

Enthusiastic
Benefits
Unrealistic

Question 39

More ___ take place.

Answer 39

Remarriages

Question 40

Secularisation is a reason for changing ___ of marriage.

Answer 40

Patterns

Question 41

The ___ ___, media and ___ try to protect marriage as a ___ option.

Answer 41

New Right
Politicians
Stable

Question 42

Divorce is becoming the ___.

Answer 42

Norm

Question 43

___ is on the rise, this concerns the New Right.

Answer 43

Cohabitation

Question 44

Kiernan (2007) says it’s hard to ___ about cohabiting couples.

Answer 44

Generalise

Question 45

Cohabiting lasts approximately ___ years.

Answer 45

5

Question 46

Marriage not cohabitation is the main ___ for many.

Answer 46

Goal

Question 47

The divorce rate has increased due to changes in the ___, women’s ___, ___ and individualisation.

Answer 47

Law
Expectations
Attitudes

Question 48

The Becks (1995) argue increasing divorce rates are a product of a ___ ___ world.

Answer 48

Rapidly

Changing