🔥🔴✅☑️✅Marriage And one person stats

Question 1

What % of all marriages are re-marriages?

Answer 1

40%

Question 2

How many marriages were there in 1970 compared to 2000?

Answer 2

1970= 390,000
2000= 180,000

Question 3

What % of marriage are civil marriages (not in a church)

Answer 3

60%

Question 4

What is the average ago for first marriage for men and women?

Answer 4

Women= 28
Men= 30

Question 5

What do most people do before marriage?

Answer 5

Cohabit, a stepping stone to marriage to ‘test the waters’

Question 6

What did McRae suggest about marriage?

Answer 6

The greatest cause for decline in marriages is if you experience friends and family getting divorced

Question 7

What is the fastest growing type of household?

Answer 7

One person households

Question 8

Where are single person households concentrated?

Answer 8

London, Cardiff, Liverpool etc

Question 9

What % of those under 50’s living alone were never married

Answer 9

90%

Question 10

What % of 25-29 year olds are living alone?

Answer 10

23%

Question 11

What 2 trends increase the lone person household?

Answer 11

‘Voluntary single-hood’
‘Creative single-hood’
And
Voluntary childlessness

Question 12

What % of today’s youth won’t have children? (Estimate)

Answer 12

25%

Question 13

What % of men in London are living alone according to Hall (2001)

Answer 13

62%

Question 14

What are kippers?

Answer 14

Under 35’s living with parents, kids in parents pockets eroding retirement savings