Changing Family Patterns Flashcards
(3 cards)
Reasons for increased divorce rates
Legal changes - DRA
Less stigma
Secularisation
Higher expectations of martiage- fletcher
Women’s financial independence
Reasons for decline in marriage rates
Changing attitudes
Alternatives - cohabitation
Economic independence of women
Feminism
Rising divorce rates
Patterns of childbearing
Having children later
More children born outside marriage
Radical feminists still unhappy with women’s role