Trends

Question 1

Trends in marriage

Answer 1

• overall decrease in all marriages
• there’s a significant decline in first marriages
• increase in divorces
• slight rise in re-marriages - constant
• Marriage rates have halted since 1970s -last 40 years
• society influences the decisions to get married
• people are getting married more later in life-carry on with education

Question 2

Trends in Civil Partnerships

Answer 2

• sharp increase in civil partnerships in 2005 - when the act was first introduced
• more gay men are getting married - on average just under 8000 civil partnerships
  Less lesbian women are getting married
• average age is 40
  Women=38
  Men=41
  When they decide to get married

Question 3

Trends in cohabitation

Answer 3

• since 1990s it has been steadily increasing
• people tend to cohabit when their in their 20s
• cohabit - practise marriage

Question 4

Reasons for the trends

Answer 4

• women’s economic independence
• increase in divorce
• increase in secularisation
• changing social attitudes and decline in stigma
• higher expectations of marriage
• contraception

Question 5

Trends in Divorce

Answer 5

After 1969 - massive increase/rapid
1951 - sharp increase, after 7 years they divorce, shell shock depression, don’t know them -don’t get on
From 2000 - decline in divorce
Marriage is only for a decade
Marry when your 30-divorce when your 40- average length of marriage in 10years
Statistics - 66% women want the divorce
54% granted on the reasons of the husbands unacceptable behaviour