Changing patterns in marriage, etc

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what has been the trend in marriages in recent years?
marriage has been decreasing a lot
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what are the factors that affect marriage?
-secularisation
-divorce rates
-expense
-the pure relationships ship
-womens careers
-living longer
-childbearing
-life course
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how does secularisation effect marriage?
religion in the uk has decreased so less religious ceremonies in marriage
cohabitation also accepted
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how many marriages (%) were cohabitation before hand?
80%
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how did the increase in divorce rates efface it?
it was off-putting to others who aren't married yet
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why does expense effect it?
the avrg wedding costs £27,000 which is too expensive for some
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which sociologist argued about the pure relationship?
Giddens
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name evaluations of this (marriage)
-Gidden's argument proposes why they are concerned not why they don't marry first
+only 30% of weddings in uk today are religious ceremonies
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why does living longer effect it?
ppl are living longer and so have time to find someone or focus on other things ie careers before settling down.
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what act made it easier to get a divorce?
Divorce reform act 1969
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what is the term to describe women's non financial need of men?
female emancipation
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why does child support effect it?
child support makes partner confident to divorce as they are look altering child without being in the marriage.
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name evaluations of this (divorce rates)
-there is no statistical date to show that before hand, people weren't acting divorced
-there is not much evidence to show that other factors here also effect it
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how does childbearing effect it?
-women getting married later- have children later, have fewer children, more women don't want children.
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what is the life course and how dies it tie in with the personal life perspective- who also suggested the personal life perspective?
the social phases someone goes through in life which is usually fixed ie women are dependant on parents then there husbands, ties w personal life perspective- the idea someone has free will not matter their status to make their own choices, Smart.
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name evaluations of this
+Stacey looked at how women now can chose structures or change family to fit their needs
+Weeks how people can now be open minded with their choices
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what are the factors that affect marriage?

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-secularisation
-divorce rates
-expense
-the pure relationships ship
-womens careers
-living longer
-childbearing
-life course

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how does secularisation effect marriage?

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how many marriages (%) were cohabitation before hand?

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how did the increase in divorce rates efface it?

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