Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Sociology AS Marriage
- Modern Family in decline
- Cohabitation
- People choose to live alone
- Increase in life expectancy
- Better contraception
- Media expoectation of Marriage
- Less stigma with cohabitation
- Family not in decline
- Cohabitation just delaying
- Civil partnerships not included in stats
- Womens independance just delaying
- Ethnic Minorities
- Role of the media
- Social classes
- Perspectives
- Functionalist - Divorce due to family disorganisation
- Allan and Crow - Focus on relationship people expect emotional fulfillment
- NL - Marriage best foundation for stable families