part 2 stats

Question 1

what are some stats about the trends in marriage?

Answer 1

• the median age for an opposite sex marriage was 32.7 years for men and 31.2 years for women
• more than 9 in 10 couples who married in 2022 were cohabiting prior to marriage

Question 2

what are some stats for the trends in childbearing?

Answer 2

• 311, 306 live births were registered to women outside of a marriage or civil partnership
• the total fertility rate has been decreasing since 2010

Question 3

what are some stats for the rate and trends of divorce?

Answer 3

• since the 1960s there has been a decrease in divorce
• unreasonable behaviour was the most common reason for wives petitioning for divorce amongst opposite sex couples
• 40% of marriages will end in divorce
• 65% of applications for divorce come from women

Question 4

what are some stats for the trends in cohabitation?

Answer 4

• around 80% of marriages have been as a result of cohabitation
• 88% of heterosexual couples cohabited before getting married in 2017

Question 5

what are some stats for the trends in lone parent families?

Answer 5

• since the 1970s, single parent families have tripled in the uk
• about 90% of lone parent families are headed by women
• about 14.7% of all families with dependent children are single parent families
• black afro caribbean families have a higher proportion of lone parent households