Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Summary AQA Sociology Changing Family Patterns
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Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Notes on the “Changing Family Patterns” topic for AQA Sociology. Comprehensive bit concise summary of the topic includint theories, key terms and theorists, as well as contemporary examples for your exams!
Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Key terms Divorce
Quotes divorce causes most change in family patterns today — re-
Definitions marriages, lone-parent families, one-person households
Sociologists
Important changing patterns in divorce
B/I/H: subheading big increase since 1960s, doubled 61-69 + 69-72
Bold: important peak of 165k in 1993, fallen now but 6x higher than 1961
point in description less people marry at all now
Underline: don’t 40% of marriages end in divorce — 65% of petitions coming
forget this! from women
contrasted to past (37% in 1946)
most commonly unreasonable behaviour from husband
factors in likelihood of divorce
young marriage
children/cohabiting pre-marriage
previous marriages
explanations for the increase in divorce
changing family patterns 1
, mostly changes in law — divorce used to be hard to obtain in
1800s
grounds for divorce equalised between sexes
rise in petitions from women when equalised (1923)
widening of grounds
doubled divorce rate when added ‘irretrievable
breakdown’ (1971)
making divorce cheaper
introduction of legal aid in 1949
divorce now easier to obtain than other options e.g.
desertion/legal separation
also ' empty shell marriage’ — married in name only
EVAL: changes in law don’t explain why people divorce
decline stigma + changing attitudes
condemnation from churches e.g. not conducting marriage
for divorcees
💡 Mitchel and Goody (1997) : Decline in stigma has
been an important chance since the 1960s
divorce = socially acceptable, so couples more willing to do
it
more common = more normalised = less stigma
secularisation
churches opposing divorce has less influence on society
changing family patterns 2
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