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