Marriage and Divorce

  • P. L. Selfe
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Abstract

The questions on this topic tend to relate to the following areas:
  1. 1
    The social significance of marriage:
    1. (a)

      Pre-industrial societies.

       
    2. (b)

      Industrial societies.

       
     
  2. 2

    The problems of assessing the stability of marriage in modern society.

     
  3. 3
    Factors affecting increasing divorce rates:
    1. (a)

      Opportunities to escape marriage.

       
    2. (b)

      Increased conflict in families.

       
    3. (c)

      Changing values with regard to marriage.

       
     
  4. 4
    Variations in divorce rates between different groups:
    1. (a)

      The factors associated with these variations.

       
    2. (b)

      The possible consequences of divorce.

       
     
  5. 5
    Trends in divorce:
    1. (a)

      Contemporary data.

       
    2. (b)

      Theoretical perspectives.

       
     
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© P. L. Selfe 1987

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