marraige rates

Question 1

marriage definition

Answer 1

the legally or formally recognized union of a man and a woman (or, in some jurisdictions, two people of the same sex) as partners in a relationship. In recent years the rates of marriages have been decreasing.

Question 2

marriage rates decreasing 1

Answer 2

Cohabitation means living together as a couple without being married. 10% of the adult population are cohabiting. This has risen rapidly over the past 50 years. For non-married women aged under 60, the proportion cohabiting in Great Britain almost doubled from 13% to 25% between 1986 and 1998-99. For men, it more than doubled from 11% to 26% over the same time period.

Question 3

marriage rates decreasing 2

Answer 3

Secularisation-less religious influence- Living together as a couple without being formally married is no longer seen as ‘living in sin’. The idea that people should get married if they have children is also fading away. In 1989, 7 in 10 people held this view. By 2001 the proportion had fallen to just over half (54%). Nor is there much support these days for the belief that married couples make better parents – only 1 in 4 (27%) think this is the case. (British Social Attitudes Report 2001