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1
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List the impacts that changes in marriage have had on family life.
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Breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit

Increase in one-parent families

Increased number of children born outside marriage

Increase in same-sex marriages

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How has the breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit impacted the family life?

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Divorce and separation has led to a breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit and an increase in blended families, as individuals are remarrying

3
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What has led to a breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit and an increase in blended families?

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Divorce and separation

4
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What has divorce and separation led to?

A

A breakdown in the traditional family unit and an increase in blended families

5
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How has divorce and separation led to a breakdown in the traditional nuclear family unit and an increase in blended families?

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As individuals are remarrying

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How has the increase in one-parent families impacted families?

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There has been an increase in one-parent families, generally headed by females, due to marital breakdown and divorce

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Who are one-parent families generally headed by?

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Females

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Why has there been an increase in one-parent families?

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Due to marital breakdown and divorce

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How has an increased number of children born outside marriage impacted marriage?
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As numerous couples are cohabiting before getting married, there is an increase in the number of children born outside marriage

There is no longer a stigma attached to this

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Why is there an increase in the number of children born outside marriage?

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As numerous couples are cohabiting before getting married

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What has numerous couples cohabiting before getting married lead to?

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An increase in the number of children born outside marriage

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Why are couples cohabiting together without marriage?

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As there is no longer a stigma attached to this

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How has the increase in same-sex marriages impacted family life?
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There has been an increase in same-sex marriages due to the introduction of the Marriage Act 2015

Same-sex couples are expanding their families by adoption, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and surrogacy

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What has brought about the increase in same-sex marriages?

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The introduction of the Marriage Act 2015

15
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How are same-sex marriages expanding their families?

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Adoption

In vitro fertilisation (IVF)

Surrogacy