Topic 5 changing family patterns

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  • Topic 5 Changing family patterns
    • Divorce
      • Explanations of the increase in divorce
        • 1 Changes in the law
        • 2 Declining stigma and changing attitudes
        • 3 Secularisation
        • 4 Rising expectations of marriage
        • 5 Changes in the position of women
      • Changing patterns of divorce
      • The meaning of high divorce rates
    • Partnerships
      • Marriage
      • Reasons for the changing patterns of marriage
      • Cohabitation
        • Reasons fr the increase in cohabitation
        • The relationship between cohabitation and marriage
      • Same-sex relationships
      • One-person household
        • Reasons for the changes
        • 'living apart together'
    • Parents and children
      • Childbearing
        • Reasons for the changes
      • Lone-parent families
        • Reasons for the patterns
        • Lone parenthood, the welfare state and poverty
      • Step families
        • Reasons for the patterns
    • Ethnic differences in family patterns
      • Black families
      • Asian families
    • The extended family today
    • Summary

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