2.4 Changing Family Patterns

• Why did ___ say there's more divorce?

  (Mitchell & Goody)

  Due to a decrease in stigma
• What are the negative impacts of divorce on different family members?

  Men- contact with children (50% make no contact after 2 years)

  Women- finances

  Children- anxiety, more likely to divorce
• Which gender is more likely to remarry?

  Men
• Which age have a higher divorce rate?

  Lower the age of marriage, higher the divorce rate
• Which class have a higher divorce rate?

  Working class
• What proportion of marriages are remarriages?

  1/3
• What is more likely to happen to remarriages?

  More likely to end in divorce
• What was another piece of legislation for divorce?

  1996 Family Law Act- allows divorce by agreement after a 'period of reflection
• What was the main piece of legislation for divorce?

  1969 Divorce Law Reform- divorce allowed after 2 years of agreed separation
• What percentage of divorces were sought by women?

  69%
• What percentage of marriages end in divorce?

  40%
• What are 3 reasons people divorce?

  -Ease of divorce (secularisation)

  -Increasing conflict between spouses

  -Values attached to marriage are too high
• What percentage of marriages in 2017 were religious?

  22%
• Why did people marry? (4)

  Economic reasons

  Social expectations

  Social status

  Childbearing/sexual activity
• Cost

  Changing attitiudes

  Secularisation