trends of marriage

Cards (5)

  • marriage
    reasons to marry
    • in love
    • religion
    • to have children
    reasons not to
    • expensive
    • divorce costs
    • doing more housework
  • trend
    • couples are less likely to marry in a church compared to 30 years ago - religious ceremonies fell by 35% in 2005 
    reason
    • rise of secularisation - church has less influence, meaning less pressure to marry
  • trend
    • fewer people are marrying - marriage rates are at their lowest since 1920
    reason
    • there is less pressure to marry, it's now a widespread belief that the quality of a relationship is more important than legal status
  • trend
    • people are marrying later in life ( male average = 32, female average = 30)
    reason
    • more people are declining stigma attached to marriages like cohabiting, being single, having children out of wedlock became more socially acceptable
  • trend
    • there are more remarriages (4 out of 10 marriages are remarriages) leading to serial monogamy 
    reason
    • Stacey says women level up from divorces, women become aware of mistreatment - changes in the position of women means they are no longer financially dependant on men and have greater choice + freedom not to marry.