marriage

Question 1

trends

Answer 1

first marriages have decreased
significantly declined since 1972- 480,000 in 2012 -175,000
most remarriages involve divorcees rather than widows increase in 1971/1972
60% married in church 1981 : 30% in 2012

Question 2

secularisation

Answer 2

decline I’m influence of church means people no longer feel they should get married for religious reasons as influences of religion declines- people are free to choose what relationship they enter
2001 census- 3% young people with no religion were married as against 17% of those with a religion.

Question 3

decline in stigma

Answer 3

cohabitation, remaining single and having children outside marriage are all now accepted in society
1989- 70% believed that couples who want children should get married but
2012- only 42% thought so

Question 4

changing position of women

Answer 4

many women are now financially independent from men because they have better education and better career prospects, this gives them freedom to marry…
growing view of feminists that marriage I’d a oppressive patriarch institutions may also dissuade women from marrying

Question 5

fear of divorce

Answer 5

fear of divorce and the experience of seeing or going through a divorce has led to some people rejecting marriage due to tension, 50.50 split, judgment, split, for children