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fewer people are marrying than ever before, lowest since 1920
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people are marrying later
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more people remarrying
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50.6% over the age og 16 get married
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40% of marriages end in divorce
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the average length of marriages in the US is 7-8 years
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in 2012 one third of marriages were remarriages
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couples are now less likely to marry in a church in 1981 60% of marriages took places in a religious ceremony but now in 2012 it has dropped to 30%
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divorce
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the legal ending of a marriage by a court
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cohabit
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living with someone your in a relationship with but not married
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house wife
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where the woman main role is to care for the family and keep the house clean
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breadwinners
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the person who brings home the money to support their family financially (traditionally the male)
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fewer people are marrying - due to the secularization, decline in stigma about getting married
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people marrying later - more people want to spend time in education
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re-marrying - increase in divorce = increase in re-marrying
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church wedding - couples less likely to marry in church - secularisation
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fewer people are marrying - due to the secularization, decline in stigma about getting married
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people marrying later - more people want to spend time in education
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re-marrying - increase in divorce = increase in re-marrying
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church wedding - couples less likely to marry in church - secularisation
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most people marry because of love and companionship
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90% of those who are married and 73% of those living with a partner say love was a major factor in their decision
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want to make a formal commitment, it made sense financially, wanted to test the relationship, it was convenient for them or they or their partner were pregnant
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marriage enhances the ability to become a parent
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married people are more likely to give and receive support from their parents
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higher quality of parent and child relationship
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children with happy married parents tend to do better in school
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married households work, earn and save at higher rate than other households
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feminists
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would see declining marriages as a good thing, because traditional marriages are patriarchal and oppress women
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new rights / functionalists
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marriage is used for primary socialisation, stable home
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post modernists
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the decline of marriage and increase in divorce reflects where individual choice is central to life
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