![]() ![]() Most households are still married couple households. Finally, it is important not to exaggerate the decline of marriage. ![]() High levels of divorce create more single parent households and more single person households, as well as more reconstituted families.A related factor here is that serial monogamy, rather than out and out promiscuity throughout one’s life appears to be the new norm. Cohabiting couples are more likely to break up, so relationships have become more unstable.Despite the decline of marriage, most people still ‘couple up’ – cohabitation has increased.There is greater family and household diversity as a result.People no longer see marriage as a tradition or sacred duty, they see it as a choice. Probably the most fundamental thing is that people’s attitudes towards marriage have changed. ![]() Structural changes have steered them towards these decisions which are painful, disruptive and they need to manage them.
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