SOC101 Lecture Notes - Social Conflict
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In canada the marriage rate is 4. 6 marriages per 1000 people/year. Graphed as rate (in 1000"s) (y axis) vs. year (x axis) more marriages in population than divorced. In canada in 2006 approx 50% of the population were married. If you look at age 29 and up, 74% are married in canada. ( of adult population are married). Number of divorced is steady at about 5%. Uk marriage is a behaviour represented by upper social classes then lower classes. Cohabitation with children occurs more in lower classes economic correlation between marriage and social class. We continue to do the legal, formal, religious thing. We have upper classed" marriage the ideal marriage. So much of wedding comes from flowers and cakes rather than the relationship between them. The story hollywood gives us gets into our brains.
