Matching Pairs M, C & DOnline version Match the sociologist to what they say! by Olivia Gardner-Stanbridge 1 Hart 2 Sue Sharpe 3 Barlow and Duncan 4 Berthoud 5 Patricia Morgan 6 Sarah Corse et al. 7 Rector 8 Epstein 9 Beck & Beck-Gernstein 10 Beaujouan and Ni Bhrolchain 11 Murphy Rising divorce rates are due to growing individualisation. ¾ of Bangladeshi and Pakistani women married by the time they were 25. Working-class men and women were less likely to marry. 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. Married men were more likely to be employed than cohabiting couples and earning 10-20% more. Many people want a lavish wedding but are unable to afford it so would rather cohabit. Divorce is a reaction that many wives feel from having to do the ‘triple shift’. Social policies such as the Child Support Agency encourages lone-parenthood which damages marriage. 1970 -> marriage, husband, children. 1990 -> careers, being able to support themselves. There may be a correlation between unmarried parents and children doing worse in school.
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