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quick summary of marriage a level

statistics of marriage

fewer people are marrying than ever before, lowest since 1920
people are marrying later
more people remarrying
50.6% over the age og 16 get married
40% of marriages end in divorce
the average length of marriages in the US is 7-8 years
in 2012 one third of marriages were remarr­iages
couples are now less likely to marry in a church in 1981 60% of marriages took places in a religious ceremony but now in 2012 it has dropped to 30%

Key words

divorce
the legal ending of a marriage by a court
cohabit
living with someone your in a relati­onship with but not married
house wife
where the woman main role is to care for the family and keep the house clean
breadw­inners
the person who brings home the money to support their family financ­ially (tradi­tio­nally the male)
 

reasons for changing patterns of marriage

fewer people are marrying - due to the secula­riz­ation, decline in stigma about getting married
people marrying later - more people want to spend time in education
re-mar­rying - increase in divorce = increase in re-mar­rying
church wedding - couples less likely to marry in church - secula­ris­ation

reasons for changing patterns of marriage

fewer people are marrying - due to the secula­riz­ation, decline in stigma about getting married
people marrying later - more people want to spend time in education
re-mar­rying - increase in divorce = increase in re-mar­rying
church wedding - couples less likely to marry in church - secula­ris­ation

why do people marry

most people marry because of love and compan­ionship
90% of those who are married and 73% of those living with a partner say love was a major factor in their decision
want to make a formal commit­ment, it made sense financ­ially, wanted to test the relati­onship, it was convenient for them or they or their partner were pregnant
 

what effect marriage has on society

marriage enhances the ability to become a parent
married people are more likely to give and receive support from their parents
higher quality of parent and child relati­onship
children with happy married parents tend to do better in school
married households work, earn and save at higher rate than other households

sociol­ogical arguments on marriage

feminists
would see declining marriages as a good thing, because tradit­ional marriages are patria­rchal and oppress women
new rights / functi­ona­lists
marriage is used for primary social­isa­tion, stable home
post modernists
the decline of marriage and increase in divorce reflects where individual choice is central to life

Marriage trends

 
 

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