Compare Marriage in Thailand and the UK

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Compare Marriage in Thailand and the UK

                The meaning of the word marriage is defined differently by cultures. Marriage is a commitment between two adults who respect, love and trust each other. Marriage means a new chapter with someone you should love forever. In Thailand, almost all families are extended families which consist of grandparents, parents and children. Children stay with families until they get married. On the other hand, in the UK, almost all families are smaller in size. The majority of children stay with families until they leave full-time education. Later, they can separate from their families and decide their future. Although the population is similar in these two countries, statistics of marriage in Thailand are higher than in the UK while divorce rates are lower.

        In 2002, couples in Thailand get married nearly…………….(National Statistical Office, Thailand) , on the other hand,  marriage rates in the UK are decreasing from 12.3 to 9.7 per 1,000 population of all ages (Office of National Statistic, the UK). So marriages in Thailand and in the UK are quite different for reasons which are cultural and traditional.

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        Marriage has been seen as controversial for hundreds of years. In the 19th century, most Thai people expected to get married and raise children. Although most of people in this time got married once, men could find other wives and lived in the same houses as the first wife. More than half of families in Thailand, parents tried matchmaking, to find suitable husbands for their daughters. Woman in this time often married with far away cousins or someone who their parents knew. A big development in the past was in the 1930s; the powerful two young leaders both educated in Europe ...

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