Matching Pairs M, C & DOnline version Match the sociologist to what they say! by Olivia Gardner-Stanbridge 1 Berthoud 2 Beck & Beck-Gernstein 3 Beaujouan and Ni Bhrolchain 4 Sarah Corse et al. 5 Epstein 6 Barlow and Duncan 7 Patricia Morgan 8 Sue Sharpe 9 Rector 10 Hart 11 Murphy Rising divorce rates are due to growing individualisation. Divorce is a reaction that many wives feel from having to do the ‘triple shift’. There may be a correlation between unmarried parents and children doing worse in school. Married men were more likely to be employed than cohabiting couples and earning 10-20% more. Cohabitation is simply delaying marriage and is not the cause for the decline. arranged marriages tend to grow more stable over time while love marriages are more likely to deteriorate. 1970 -> marriage, husband, children. 1990 -> careers, being able to support themselves. ¾ of Bangladeshi and Pakistani women married by the time they were 25. Many people want a lavish wedding but are unable to afford it so would rather cohabit. Working-class men and women were less likely to marry. Social policies such as the Child Support Agency encourages lone-parenthood which damages marriage.