Evidence for Cohabitation and Divorce/Marriage Rates questions

Question 1

what did Chester (1985) claim about the role of cohabitation?

Answer 1

that it is part of the process of marriage (used as a trial marriage)

Question 2

what percentage of cohabiting couples expected to marry (Coast, 2006)?

Answer 2

75%

Question 3

what did Andre Behjin (1985) claim about the role of cohabitation?

Answer 3

that is an attempt by some people to create more equal and less patriarchal relationships (than found in trad marriages)

Question 4

what did Shelton and John (1993) discover about women who cohabit?

Answer 4

that they did less housework

Question 5

what did Mitchell and Goody (1997) say about divorce?

Answer 5

since the 1960s, there has been a rapid decrease in the stigma attached to divorce

Question 6

in 2005, what fraction of marriages were re-marriages?

Answer 6

4/10

Question 7

According to 2022 ONS data, what percentage of the UK identified as Christian?

Answer 7

46.2% (decrease from 59.3% in 2011)

footnote
This shows the increasing secularisation of the UK

Question 8

According to ONS, there were … marriages per 1000 unmarried men in 1971 and … marriages per 1000 unmarried men in 2022.

Answer 8

• 80
• 21

footnote:
Shows a decline in marriage rates overtime