Changing Family Patterns
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- Created on: 09-01-13 19:27
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- Changing Family Patterns
- Divorce
- Securalisation shows how less people believe in religoun.
- Declining stigma in divorce as ithas become socially accepted.
- Rising expectations of marriage means that higher expectations of marriage makes couple less willing to tolerate unhappy marriages.
- There have been changes in the law that have affected this like: Equalising the grounds, Widening the grounds for divorce nad making divorce cheaper.
- Changing in the postions of women means that women are not financialy dependant on men as the have there own wage. Also women are supported by the state as well.
- Cohabitation
- there are over two milloin cohabiting couples in the uk
- The young are more likely to cohabit.
- Increased carreer options women no longer need to marry to fufill finsncaial needs
- recent studies show that people wit h no religoun were more likely to cohabit
- there are over two milloin cohabiting couples in the uk
- Marriage
- Changes in the postion of women may meen that theyb may wish topursue a carreer rather than get married
- There is securlisation involved as less people believe in religoun
- There is less stigma attached with not marrying and it has become socially accepted
- Fewer peole marry due to changing attitudes in marriage and less pressure
- Step families
- Step families are at greater risk of poverty.
- Stepfamilies have at least one child from the previous realationships.
- Some of the problems faced by stepfamilies may be the result of clear social norms.
- Step families account for over 10% of families
- Divorce
- Changing in the postions of women means that women are not financialy dependant on men as the have there own wage. Also women are supported by the state as well.
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