trends
- Created by: lw121x
- Created on: 11-05-15 11:45
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- family patterns
- Trends
- num marriages 1970 48000 to 30600 in 2000
- remarriages increased
- People marry later av age rose 7 years 1971-2005
- Changing attitudes towards marriage
- Cheal more choice over what family = diversity
- evaluation great freedom = instability likely break up
- Decline of religious influence
- however majority still take place in religious context
- Changes in the position of women
- Feminists argue women dom wage earners which = conflict between spouses
- men benefit from triple shifts
- Feminists argue women dom wage earners which = conflict between spouses
- Divorce trends
- doubled 1961-1969
- 40% end in divorce
- 7/10 come from women
- Theoretical approaches to divorce
- NR undesirable
- Fem allow escape
- PM = freedom
- Funct marriage as funct isn't under threat
- Trends
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