marriage

Question 1

what is the life course?

Answer 1

• a postmodernist set of analysis
• it states that rather looking at static family types we should look at rites of passage and different experiences as they better reflect ourdiverse, fast changing modern life

Question 2

why has the marriage rate fallen?

Answer 2

• changing atitudes
• expensive
• secularisation
• welfare state
• consumerism
• modern atitude to dating/ relationships

Question 3

general marriage trends

Answer 3

• decreasing
• rise in age of those getting married
• older men on average marry younger women

Question 4

key policies

Answer 4

• 1967 abortion act
• 1969 divorce reform act
• section 28
• the children act
• the child support agency
• civil partnerhsip act
• adoption and childrens act
• troubled families programme
• free school meals
• demantia tax
• equal marriage act
  married couples tax allowance