changing patterns of marriage and cohabitation

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Created on: 19-06-17 20:27

marriage under threat?

patricia morgan believes that institution of marriage is under threat from a range of factors

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these include:

falling marriage rates and people marrying at a later age. the growth and increasing acceptance of alternatives to marriage. increase in single person households. rise divorce rates

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marriage rates

in 2013 the marriage rates was 22.5 for unmarried men and 20.4 for women

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one reason for decline in marriage rates may be a delay in the timing of marriage with both men and women tending to delay marriage until later in life.

in 1973 the average age at marriage was 28.8 for men and 26.1 for women but by 2013 for men it was 36.7 and women 34.3

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explanations for declining marriage

change in social attitudes - see marriage as less desirable than in the past. a decline in religious belief-weakens commitment to marriage. an increase in cohabitation. greater emphasis on individualism

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cohabitation

patricia morgan sees rising cohabitation as part of a trend in which marriage is going out of fashion.

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john chandler

disagrees and sees cohabitation as a relatively stable long term alternative to marriage.

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