MMBFD #6 Threats Resulting from Alternatives to Marriage and Conventional Marriages: (E. Single-Person Households)
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- Threats Resulting from Alternatives to Marriage and Conventional Marriages: (E. Single-Person Households)
- Over the same period the proportion of one-person households rose from 18 to 29%
- Somerville (2000)
- argues that there are strong pressures discouraging people from remaining alone, because of later marriage and because of increased divorce
- Government statistics in 1971 showed 6% of people lived alone in Great Britain, but by 2010 it had risen to more than double to 12.3% (social trends 2011)
- This can be explained through the ageing population and as a result population increase in the proportion of those working living alone.
- Bernardes (1997)
- believe that there are strong pressures discouraging people from remaining single because society portrays marriage as the ideal state.
- Wasoff Et Al (2005)
- This would suggest blurring of boundaries between solo living and family living.
- Looked at the British Household Survey between 1991-2002 and found that 7% of people remained living alone throughout this transition.
- Jamieson Et Al (2009)
- They concluded overall that those who live alone only do so for a period of time and that solo-living is a desirable alternative to other lifestyles for only a minority.
- They social survey data from Europe found over 60% of those who were living on their own were divorced of separated or had previously cohabitated, whereas less than a quarter had never married or cohabitated.
- Women after spending several years on their own liked it and developed rich social networks.
- They argue that solo-living arises in a wdie variety of contexts and has a range of meanings for participants.
- Jamieson Et Al's research found young men and young women identified a number of advantages in solo-living, but were generally keener in finding a partner.
- This many suggest that solo-living is a result from the difficulties of sustaining successful relationships.
- They suggested that this was probably due to factors such as women being more likely than men to have custody of children following a divorce or separation.
- The dominance of markets and increased mobility will ultimately produce individuali-sation.
- Men of a working age were more likely to be living on their own than women.
- Used data from European Social Survey's and other writers on "solo living" support other researchers in that it is a result of industriali-sation
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