Divorce is probably one of the leading reasons for the break down of the family.
Divorce is probably one of the leading reasons for the break down of the family. In this study we have looked into why divorce rates are changing for the worse of the family and the functionalist.
Marital breakdown and divorce.
One of the most dramatic changes in family life in Britain today has being the increase in divorce. The simple number of divorces is not the best way of calculating how common divorce is, since if the number of marriages increases then divorce is also likely to increase. A better way of measuring divorce is a divorce rate. This is usually expressed either as the number of divorces per thousand people married or as the number of divorces per thousand marriages in a year. I n both cases the figures provide an estimate of the prevalence of divorce in relation to marriages.