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reasons for increase in divorce rates
Legal changes - divorce has become easier to access; equalising the grounds between both genders;
Women’s financial independence - more women are now in paid employment, and lone parent welfare benefits are available. Women are less economically dependent on a man, and can afford divorce.
Secularisation - decline in religious influence on society.
reasons for decrease in marriage rates
Alternatives to marriage (such as cohabitation) are less stigmatised
women’s economic dependence
impact of feminism - some women now see marriage as a patriarchal institution
partnerships
More people are living together without being married (secularisation, stigma and cost)
Increase in same-sex partnerships (secularisation and stigma)
More people living alone (life expectancy and stigma)
childbearing and childrearing
More children are born outside marriage
Women are having children later
Radical feminists are still unhappy with women being the main caregivers