British Social Attitudes: The 18th Report

Anne Barlow; Simon Duncan; Grace James; Alison Park

doi:10.4135/9781849208642

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The indispensable annual British Social Attitudes survey compiles, describes and comments on a range of current social attitudes. The series charts changes in British social values, with annual surveys carried out from a nationwide sample of around 3,500 people by the National Centre for Social Research's team of interviewers.The 18th Report summarizes and interprets data from the most recent survey, and makes comparisons with findings from previous years.

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Just a Piece of Paper? Marriage and Cohabitation

By: Anne Barlow, Simon Duncan, Grace James & Alison Park
In:British Social Attitudes: The 18th Report
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781849208642
Subject:Economics, Education, Geography, Health, Political Science and International Relations, Social Policy and Public Policy, Social Work, Sociology
Keywords:attitude change; attitude change; attitudes; attitudes; cohabitation; cohabitation; common-law marriage; common-law marriage; family law; family law; financial support; financial support; law; law; marital status; marital status; marriage; marriage; married people; married people; parental responsibility; parental responsibility; parenting; parenting; parents; parents; premarital sex; premarital sex; qualifications; qualifications; religion; religion; rights; rights; security; security; sex; social change; social class; social class; social policy; social research; status; status

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Just a Piece of Paper? Marriage and Cohabitation

AnneBarlow

SimonDuncan

GraceJames

AlisonPark∗

Marriages in Britain are now at their lowest level since 1917 and the divorce rate (although now declining slightly) is the highest in the European Union (Eurostat, 2(00). Against this backdrop, heterosexual cohabitation (living together as husband and wife without being married) has increased ...

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