Sociology Question
ASSIGNMENT 2 to be handed in by Friday 11th Oct 2013
Item A
Along with the trend towards people getting married later in life, there has been an increase in the proportion of marriages ending in divorce. In 1961 there were only 27,000 divorces in the UK. The number doubled between 1961 and 1969, and more than doubled again by 1972. Although there was a drop in the number of divorces in 1973, the numbers increased again in 1974 and peaked in 1993 at 180,000. By 2000 the annual number of divorces had declined to 155,000 and it has remained fairly steady at around this number ever since – about 6 times as many as in 1961.
The UK is not alone in experiencing a high divorce rate – average rates across the European Union have more than trebled since 1961. One effect of higher divorce rates is to contribute to greater family diversity, including a trend towards ‘serial monogamy’.
Examine changes in the patterns of childbearing and childrearing in the UK since the 1970s
(24 marks A01 14 marks, A02 10 marks)
POSSIBLE PLAN – this is one way of doing the essay, there are other ways, you might want to adapt my plan for yourself
Introduction – would be good to state that there are two separate and distinct parts to the question – childbearing or having children and childrearing, raising/primary socialisation of children. The patterns for both have been changing in the last 40 years and this essay will examine and attempt to account for these changes with sociological reasons and by using the perspectives.
Paragraph 1 – (see page 64 in books)
Childbearing – what have been the patterns since the 1970s? Consider:
Whether children are born in or out of marriage
The average age women are having kids
The average number of kids women are having
Whether or not more women are remaining childless
Paragraph 2 – see page 63 in books
Account for the above changes with sociological reasons – for example the rise in the number of cohabiting couples with children,
Item A
Along with the trend towards people getting married later in life, there has been an increase in the proportion of marriages ending in divorce. In 1961 there were only 27,000 divorces in the UK. The number doubled between 1961 and 1969, and more than doubled again by 1972. Although there was a drop in the number of divorces in 1973, the numbers increased again in 1974 and peaked in 1993 at 180,000. By 2000 the annual number of divorces had declined to 155,000 and it has remained fairly steady at around this number ever since – about 6 times as many as in 1961.
The UK is not alone in experiencing a high divorce rate – average rates across the European Union have more than trebled since 1961. One effect of higher divorce rates is to contribute to greater family diversity, including a trend towards ‘serial monogamy’.
Examine changes in the patterns of childbearing and childrearing in the UK since the 1970s
(24 marks A01 14 marks, A02 10 marks)
POSSIBLE PLAN – this is one way of doing the essay, there are other ways, you might want to adapt my plan for yourself
Introduction – would be good to state that there are two separate and distinct parts to the question – childbearing or having children and childrearing, raising/primary socialisation of children. The patterns for both have been changing in the last 40 years and this essay will examine and attempt to account for these changes with sociological reasons and by using the perspectives.
Paragraph 1 – (see page 64 in books)
Childbearing – what have been the patterns since the 1970s? Consider:
Whether children are born in or out of marriage
The average age women are having kids
The average number of kids women are having
Whether or not more women are remaining childless
Paragraph 2 – see page 63 in books
Account for the above changes with sociological reasons – for example the rise in the number of cohabiting couples with children,