Marriage

• Marriage is a universal institution practised by most societies
• Serial Monogamy in the UK is becoming the marital norm - marrying more than once during their lifetime
• • Fewer People are marrying
  • Marriage Rates are at their lowest since the 1920s
  • 2018 - 155,000 first marriages - less than half the number for 1972
• • More Re-marriages
  • 1/3 of all marriages were re-marriages (one or both partners - serial monogamy)
  • People are marrying later
  • The average age of first marriage rose by 7 years (1978 - 2018) - 32 years for men & 30 for women
  • 1970, 60% of weddings were conducted with religious ceremonies
  • By 2018, this had fallen by 20%