Relier Pairs M, C & DVersion en ligne Match the sociologist to what they say! par Olivia Gardner-Stanbridge 1 Beaujouan and Ni Bhrolchain 2 Rector 3 Patricia Morgan 4 Murphy 5 Hart 6 Beck & Beck-Gernstein 7 Sue Sharpe 8 Barlow and Duncan 9 Sarah Corse et al. 10 Berthoud 11 Epstein Working-class men and women were less likely to marry. 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. Rising divorce rates are due to growing individualisation. 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. There may be a correlation between unmarried parents and children doing worse in school. Divorce is a reaction that many wives feel from having to do the ‘triple shift’. arranged marriages tend to grow more stable over time while love marriages are more likely to deteriorate. 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.