Some examples of this are apparent with the increasing number of cohabiting relationships and the changes in both marriage and divorce rates during the 20th century. As Cherlin breaks down how marriage has transformed he shows us how marriage has gone from the institutional to compassionate, and now more individualized. Although the practical idea of marriage has decreased, its significance has remained high and is on the increase. I still believe that the majority of people marrying expect to stay in love forever. As we know expectations change in both what is expected when a marriage begins and as the marriage progresses.
The late 60's early 70's saw marriages in the UK grow, reaching the highest peak recorded in the history of the UK in 1972 at 480,000, however by 2001 this figure had dropped to 206,000. Along side this, the average age for first marriages rose by seven years between 1971 and 2005, where the figure reached 30 for women and 32 for males. The significant drop in marriage rates over the years is due to many factors. Firstly, the late 60's/early 70's, saw the so-called 'baby-boom' period from the 50's come into effect, after WW2 ended in the early 50's, men where coming back from war, and getting there wife's pregnant, due to not seeing each other for so long etc, this in turn meant that there was a boom period for baby's being born, the late 60's/early 70's where now seeing these baby's, who by this time where in their late teens and early twenties marrying each other at a younger age, than previous generations. This explains why there is such a peak between 1970-1980, a higher birth rate years before meant that there was a higher marriage rate, especially the record figure in 72.
Another change that has happened in childbearing since the 1970's is that women are having fewer children and children later in life. Between 1971 and 2005 the average age of a women when having her first child rose by three years. Also the average number of children per family went all the way down to 1.84 in the UK when 30 years back it was 2.95. Women are also choosing to remain childless and a prediction has been made that a quarter of people who were born in 1973 will be childless when they reach 45. This all reflects the changes in society since the 20th century and that women have more options
It is apparent that there are a number of causes and changes that have affected the population in the UK such as the varying birth, death and fertility rates, the increase of migration and the higher life expectancy rates. These causes and/or changes have directly and indirectly influenced the way we live in the UK and has resulted in various types of people living here (family diversity) than in the past. Evidently, our population continues to grow and this is because of a number of reasons. Until the 1950’s and 1960’s natural changes such as the increase in births than deaths was the main reason for the increase in the UK population. The number of live births per year increased due to several factors such as children were used to work on farms (source of income) and in those days there was no reliable contraception and little education.
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They are also adopting new roles for family members and various kinds of family structures. Many of these changes reflect economic, and social developments and changing attitudes. Even after marriage modern birth control methods enable couples to limit the size of their family and to space their children. Many young people are postponing marriage and childbearing, and many couples want to have fewer children than people had in the past. The number of employed married women has been growing dramatically in industrialized countries.
Most men remarry within three years. Most women remarry within 5 years. As a result, blended families are developed and increasing at an astonishing rate. The American Association of Christian Counselors reports that remarriages after divorce tend to be unstable, break up more often and end quickly than do first-time marriages. Remarriages are 50% more likely to divorce in the first five years compared to first marriages.
According to his article, Popenoe it is the retreat from marriage presented in the paragraphs above that is largely to blame in the sharp increases we have seen in residential independence and non-marital cohabitation. He links individuals leaving their homes at an early age as a major factor in the tremendous increase in non-family households and non-family living. He also points out that the number of non-marital couples living together (cohabitation) is steadily increasing. There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that those who choose cohabitation before marriage will be much more prone to
Gen X usually includes people from the early 1980’s to 1882. They usually take up 44 to 50 million of the population. This generation marks the period of time where birth rates declined. Gen X composes of people of their 30’s and early 40’s, they are known as more diverse and better educated (more than 60% of Gen X attended college). Gen X is Individualistic; they came from an era of two-income families, rising divorce rates, and a faltering economy.