Download Changing Patterns Cohabitation

5% of single women
Mid-1960's,
70% of single women
1990s
Average partnership
Ermisch and
of 2 years
Francesconi
Experimental
Not long term
Gender
2% women cohabited Late 1960's
prior to marriage
Haskey
80% women cohabited Late 1990's
prior to marriage
Attitudes to marriage
Trial marriage
Women aged 18-49
General Household Survey
11% in 1979
Trends
Reasons
Smart and
Stevens
32% in 2001.
Unmarried
25% cohabited
5% cohabited
Opposed to marriage
Contingent commitment
13% cohabited
25% cohabited
Legal Factors
16-59
25-39
Mutual commitment
Changing
Patterns
Cohabitation
Social Trends
2004
50-54
60% of those cohabiting
Indistinguishable
Age
Marriage
Ferri
Alternative to marriage
One or both partners
previously married
Likelihood
Parents who cohabited
Orientations Lewis et al
Marriage preference
Cohabitation preference
1st marriage
2nd marriage
Most popular
Divorce
Legal separation
Cohabitation
Decline
Complications
Post world war 2
Since 1970's
Cohabitation
Alternatives
Judicial separation
Single
Poverty and poor housing.
Social Pressures
Poverty during adulthood.
Relationships outside marriage
Behavioral problems.
Higher
School underachievement. probability
Needing medical treatment.
Reasons
Secularisation
Lifestyle
Separation
Marriage
Risk
Pregnancy at early age.
Rodgers
and Pryor
Financial hardship.
Divorce
State support
Changing
Patterns
Family conflict.
Internal reliability
Influencing
factors
Reliability
Longitudinal changes
Divorce?
Multiple changes in
family structure.
Quality of contact with
non-resident parent.
Choice
Alternatives
Leaving school /
home when young.
Parental ability to
recover from stress
of separation.
Less stigma
Data availability?
Statistics
Raw number
Rates
Validity
Baby Booms
Post 2nd world war
Marriageable cohorts
1551
First UK divorce
1551 - 1738
History
300 divorces
1857 Divorce Act
1921
2001
Adultery
Men only
3,000 divorces
157,000 divorces
Increasingly popular
Last 40 years
General fertility
Increase
Family size
Later motherhood
Females
Last 40 years
Trends
Births
outside marriage
Last 30 years
Divorcees getting older
Last 20 years
Contraception
Baby Boom bulge
Last 10 years
Slight decline
Childlessness
Later marriage
Males
Reasons
Child-bearing
Divorce
Legal changes
Technology
1971: Divorce
Reform Act
Irretrievable breakdown
of marriage
Financial costs
Changing
Patterns
Rates
Decisions
Education
Childless households
Cheaper
Economic changes
Legal aid
War-time marriages
Reasons
Attitudes to marriage
Security
Lifestyle choices
Social changes
Social position
Different social backgrounds
Short acquaintance
"At Risk" relationships
Separation for long periods
Teenagers
Remarriage
Women
Economic independence