Different categories of lone parents families:
1) Divorced
2) Widowed
3) Adapted a child
4) Single mothers
5) Single fathers
6) Separated women
The reasons for the increase in lone parent families:
1) More people are getting divorced
2) People want to be independant
3) The change in the law
Allan and Crow (2001) increase in lone parent families:
1) Increase in divorce- this has made a significant contribution to the rise in lone parent households.
2) A significant rise in the number of never-married women.
Outline and explain two reasons for the increase in divorce
One reason for the increase in divorce is due to the Divorce Reform Act (1969) which made it easier to get a divorce. This is evident as more people got divorced after 1969, in 1981 12,000 people got divorced and in 1993 14,000 people got divorced.
Another reason for the increase in divorce is that we have too much expectations of marriage. A functionalist, Ronald Fletcher (1966) agrees with my views and stated if marriage is so important, they are more likely to seek divorce if their marriage is unsatisfactory. I feel this is the reason why the average age for a man to get divorced is 43 and for a woman 41.1
1) Divorced
2) Widowed
3) Adapted a child
4) Single mothers
5) Single fathers
6) Separated women
The reasons for the increase in lone parent families:
1) More people are getting divorced
2) People want to be independant
3) The change in the law
Allan and Crow (2001) increase in lone parent families:
1) Increase in divorce- this has made a significant contribution to the rise in lone parent households.
2) A significant rise in the number of never-married women.
Outline and explain two reasons for the increase in divorce
One reason for the increase in divorce is due to the Divorce Reform Act (1969) which made it easier to get a divorce. This is evident as more people got divorced after 1969, in 1981 12,000 people got divorced and in 1993 14,000 people got divorced.
Another reason for the increase in divorce is that we have too much expectations of marriage. A functionalist, Ronald Fletcher (1966) agrees with my views and stated if marriage is so important, they are more likely to seek divorce if their marriage is unsatisfactory. I feel this is the reason why the average age for a man to get divorced is 43 and for a woman 41.1