Changing family patterns Increased since 1960, peaked in 1993 Fallen since 1993 but still 6x higher than in 1960 Changes in the position of women Changes in the law 7/10 requests come from women 40% of all marriages end in divorce reasons secularisation patterns Declining stigma Rising expectations of marriage divorce More likely to divorce if you marry young, have a child before you marry, or if you’ve been married before Changing family patterns secularisation Fear of divorce Changing attitudes More re-marriages Decline in stigma reasons fewer patterns 7% of all couples attitudes Position of women later marriage Declining stigma laws Same-sex Less church partnerships Social policy e.g. same adoption rights 3x higher than 1960 Mostly pensioners increasing Co-habitation secularisation One-person 2 million in UK patterns men Fear of divorce reasons divorce Living apart together Less stigma with sex b4 marriage To double by 2021

Changing family patterns 5x more than 1970 Now 27, was 23 in 1970 Used to be divorced women But single women now 1 in 4 born outside marriage Women having children later 90% headed by women Children 2x more likely to live in poverty patterns Fewer children patterns More remaining childless 24% of all families childbearing Lone parent Decline in stigma reasons Decline in stigma Changing family patterns divorce reasons Increase in co-habitation Murray: welfare custody More options than motherhood childrearing Single by choice Has declined, except amongst Asian families Extended families 10% of all families Chamberlin: ‘dispersed extended family’ now a feature More children to support stepfamilies patterns Ethnic families Greater risk of poverty and tensions reasons Asian families more likely to live in extended families custody Kids from mum Black families more lone parent, female families divorce