The average groom is now aged 37 and bride 34 shows people are getting married later now, fewer people are now getting married in Wales and not in England according to the new government statistics. Far fewer weddings include a religious ceremony.
These statistics are all taken from a newspaper article 'job scares, divorce payoffs and that lavish do: why marriages rates have plummeted' and show how much is changing.
Almost every family has problems as a normal part of living together. Many problems can be worked out in the home. But some problems are difficult to solve. Unsolved problems may result in unhappiness and lead to a breakdown of the family. According to problems, functions of family are changing.
Increasingly, sociologists are finding that alcoholism; child abuse, runaway children, unhappy marriages, and certain other family problems are related to problems in society. They believe that such family problems can be reduced by dealing with the social conditions that help promote them. For example, programmers that create new jobs, improve housing, or restrict drug trafficking help support family life. With the existence of such programs, the family is no longer solely responsible for overcoming all the social problems that affect it.
Fewer marriages are now more popular as women have greater freedom and choice and cohabitation is now socially acceptable. The effects of this is that there are more single households and more people are cohabitating. Sociologists think that feminists would support this view as the women also have rights to what they want to do and what is best in the situation e.g might not want the responsibility of getting married and it is easier if you don’t have kids to cohabitate.
