Demography - Separation and Divorce (OCR A-Level Sociology): Quizzes
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What percentage of marriages in the UK end in divorce?
What percentage of marriages in the UK end in divorce?
40%
How many divorce applications now come from women?
How many divorce applications now come from women?
7 out of 10
What does secularisation refer to?
What does secularisation refer to?
Decline of religious influence
How do feminists view rising divorce rates?
How do feminists view rising divorce rates?
As desirable
What do postmodernists see high divorce rates as a sign of?
What do postmodernists see high divorce rates as a sign of?
Individual freedom
Why are women more able to get divorced now?
Why are women more able to get divorced now?
More financially independent
What can women depend on if not financially independent?
What can women depend on if not financially independent?
The welfare state
How do the New Right view high divorce rates?
How do the New Right view high divorce rates?
As undesirable
What do the New Right argue high divorce creates?
What do the New Right argue high divorce creates?
Welfare-dependent lone parents
Why do functionalists say divorce isn't a threat to marriage?
Why do functionalists say divorce isn't a threat to marriage?
High rate of re-marriages
What do functionalists say people have in marriages now?
What do functionalists say people have in marriages now?
Higher expectations
What type of family diversity do postmodernists link to divorce?
What type of family diversity do postmodernists link to divorce?
Lone-parent families