SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Total Fertility Rate, Marilyn Waring, Talcott Parsons

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Divorce rates pretty low till the 1960s. Divorce act 1968 laws changed divorce for desertion, divorce for prison. Divorce act amendment 1985 divorce for incompatibility. Up to 40 percent of marriages end in divorce, most people marry again. Why does usa have the highest divorce rates in the world? (4 times higher than ireland or italy) Catholics aren"t too open with divorce ( ireland and italy) American culture is constantly changing the significance of marriage can be different. Women in workforce more in the us: less dependent on husbands, balancing, stressful family life. Increase in common law couples, single parent families, In canada quebec has the highest number of common law couples. Separation from the church quiet revolution. 1960s most widowed, little less divorced and very little never married. 2011 less widowed, more divorced , significant amount of never married. Netherlands first to legalize 2001. In 2011 64575 same sex couples (42 percent higher than 2006)

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