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Question 1

what are the statistics for divorce?

Answer 1

2017- 101,669 of opposite sex couples
2017- 338 divorces if same-sex couples, more than 3x than 2016

Question 2

what are the reasons for rise in divorce?

Answer 2

value of marriage
changes in status of women
changes in social attitudes and values
secularisation

Question 3

how’s the “changes in status of women” a reason for rise in divorce?

Answer 3

women’s expectations have changed as result of improved educational opportunities don’t have to be unhappily married

Question 4

how’s the “value of marriage” a reason for rise in divorce?

Answer 4

• people attach more value to marriage than in the past
• people demand higher standards from their partners

Question 5

how’s the “changes in social attitudes and values” a reason for rise in divorce?

Answer 5

more socially acceptable, bond between husband and wife are main force holding family together

Question 6

how’s the “secularisation ” a reason for rise in divorce?

Answer 6

decline in religious rights

Question 7

what are the consequences of divorce?

Answer 7

• increase in lone parents family and reconstituted family
• divorce leads to children having to spend time with parents separately
• don’t see extended family as much