life in sociology
1a) Identify and explain two reasons for the decline in marriage over the past 30 years.
There are many reasons for the decline in marriage over the past 30 years. One of those many reasons is the increase in cohabitation. The increase in cohabitation over the past 30 years has decreased the amount of marriages. Cohabitation has allowed couples to live together with love without having to get married which has hence decreased the amount of marriages over the past 30 years. The attitude towards cohabitation has become kind of a positive one and therefore is increasing. Furthermore an increase in divorce has also caused a decline in marriage over the past 30 years.
The second reason I believe has caused a decline in marriage over the past 30 years is secularisation. This has caused a decline in marriage as people believe it is now okay to end relationships and no longer believe in ideas such as ‘till death do we part’. Consequently it has resulted in people believing there is no problem with ending a marriage which has therefore caused an increase in divorce once again and a decline in marriage. Identify and explain two characteristics of the nuclear family
One characteristic of the traditional nuclear family is the male breadwinner. This means that the husband is the main wage earner of the house and is common in most traditional nuclear families. This also links to another characteristic of the traditional nuclear family which is the patriarchal control that the husband or someone else may have in the house.
Another characteristic of the nuclear family identified by Ronald Fletcher is that it is an agency of primary socialization. It does this by teaching members the rights, duties and obligations linked to the roles they play in society- value consensus. Value consensus is a set of values and behavioural patterns that people must be taught so they can mix with other members of society.
Identify and explain two reasons for the growth in single-parent
There are many reasons for the decline in marriage over the past 30 years. One of those many reasons is the increase in cohabitation. The increase in cohabitation over the past 30 years has decreased the amount of marriages. Cohabitation has allowed couples to live together with love without having to get married which has hence decreased the amount of marriages over the past 30 years. The attitude towards cohabitation has become kind of a positive one and therefore is increasing. Furthermore an increase in divorce has also caused a decline in marriage over the past 30 years.
The second reason I believe has caused a decline in marriage over the past 30 years is secularisation. This has caused a decline in marriage as people believe it is now okay to end relationships and no longer believe in ideas such as ‘till death do we part’. Consequently it has resulted in people believing there is no problem with ending a marriage which has therefore caused an increase in divorce once again and a decline in marriage. Identify and explain two characteristics of the nuclear family
One characteristic of the traditional nuclear family is the male breadwinner. This means that the husband is the main wage earner of the house and is common in most traditional nuclear families. This also links to another characteristic of the traditional nuclear family which is the patriarchal control that the husband or someone else may have in the house.
Another characteristic of the nuclear family identified by Ronald Fletcher is that it is an agency of primary socialization. It does this by teaching members the rights, duties and obligations linked to the roles they play in society- value consensus. Value consensus is a set of values and behavioural patterns that people must be taught so they can mix with other members of society.
Identify and explain two reasons for the growth in single-parent