SOC 2107 Lecture Notes - Demographic Transition, Westernization, Living Single
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More broadly - it encompasses family formation, dissolution and alternative forms of couple and family formation. Nuptiality is related to other demographic, social and economic processes. Crude measures - used regul;arly, but they may be misleading. Role of women in the labour market. Rise in median age of first marriage. Changes in societal values and attitudes towards marriage. Gains to marriage thesis (dixon and others) Early marriage is one of the most important mechanisms preventing women from achieving equality. When a woman marries as a young age, she is drawn into life of childbearing and family. Building that makes it difficult for her to contemplate other option sin life. This is one reason why high fertility is closely associated with low status for women. Between 2006 and 2016, the number of common law couples rose 28. 5%, about for times the 7. 3% increase for married couples. The 2016 census counted 145,765 same sex couple families, up 13% from the 2011.
