GEO 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Epidemiological Transition, Social Capital, Parenting
9 Oct 2017
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Refers to frequency (or incidence) of marriage in a population; Studies family formation and dissolution, including: marriage, divorce, widowhood, re-marriage, common-law cohabitation, same-sex marriage. M total # of marriages in a year. D -- total # of divorces in a year. P (f;15+) -- # of females aged 15 and older at mid-year. P (f;sdw;15+) -- # of females aged 15 and older who are single/divorced/widowed at mid-year. There has been a generalized decline in marriage, but a decrease in divorce, in the world, particularly in western european countries, u. s. , canada and. Table 5. 6 shows that in most countries, first marriage rates have declined. Divorce rates have gone up: in us, canada, australia and most of europe, between 1/3 and of all marriages end in divorce. Two persons live together without formal marriage. Relationship is less stable: some lead to formal marriage but much less often. Marriage rate began to decline in the early 1970s and continues to decline.
