1
Q
Describe changes in attitudes
A
Less pressure to marry and more freedom to choose partner
Quality more important than status
2
Q
Describe decline in stigma
A
Cohabitation is acceptable so pregnancy doesn’t lead to shot gun weedings
1989 - 70% believed if you want children you should marry
2012 - 40%
3
Q
Describe secularisation
A
Influence has declined
3% of young people married with no religion
17%
4
Q
Describe changes in position
A
Better education and careers, less dependent on men
Patriarchy dissuades marriage
5
Q
Describe patterns
A
falling since 1972 - 460,000 Plateaued 250,000 in 2011 260,000 in 2014 Average age - 36.5 men, 34 women 2012 - 34% of marriages were remarriages 30% of couples get married in churches
6
Q
Define marriage
A
Legal contct between individuals creating kinship
