Reasons for decline of marriage & growing cohabitation
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- Created on: 25-02-18 18:55
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- REASONS FOR A DECLINE OF MARRIAGE & GROWING COHABITATION
- CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN
- more freedom to choose their relationships
- more successful than men in education
- less willing to take on the demands associated with the housewife role
- women in cohabiting relationships do less housework than married women
- postpone marriage until careers established
- CHANGING SOCIAL ATTITUDES & REDUCED SOCIAL STIGMA
- young people more likely to cohabit than older people
- this may reflect the evidence that older people are less likely to stigmatise cohabitation
- GROWING SECULARIZATION
- influence of religiously based morality regarding the importance of marriage has declined
- cohabitation & marriage more about individual & practical choices than sacred unions
- RISING DIVORCE RATE
- may be because couples see the risk involved in marriages not lasting
- high number of remarriages is due to increased numbers of first marriages divorcing
- REDUCING RISK
- Beck - 'risk society'
- individuals less controlled by traditional structures
- individuals face increased risks as constantly forced to weigh up choices & make decisions
- people may choose to avoid the risk involved in marriage
- CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN
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