Marriage & DivorceThe demographic changes, and the explanations offered for them.SociologyWhat changed, then the competing accounts of why.What changedMarriage later and less common.Cohabitation now normal before marriage.Divorce rose sharply, then plateaued.More births outside marriage.More remarriage and step-families.Competing accountsLegal change made divorce accessible.Women's earnings reduced dependence.Secularisation weakened religious sanction.Higher expectations of a marriage.Individualisation: Beck and Giddens.Rising cost of housing delays formation.Educational reference. A rising divorce rate can follow a legal reformwithout any change in how marriages are experienced.Marriage & Divorcelearnposters.com
Marriage & Divorce — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Marriage & Divorce poster

11 entries in 2 groups.

What changed, then the competing accounts of why.

Educational reference. A rising divorce rate can follow a legal reform without any change in how marriages are experienced.

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What’s on the Marriage & Divorce poster?
11 entries in 2 groups. What changed, then the competing accounts of why. What changed: Marriage later and less common., Cohabitation now normal before marriag…; Competing accounts: Legal change made divorce accessible., Women's earnings reduced d…. Educational reference. A rising divorce rate can follow a legal reform without any change in how marriages are experienced.
Who is the Marriage & Divorce poster for?
Marriage & Divorce belongs to the Sociology section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning family & education can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Marriage & Divorce poster?
When a change in the divorce rate is read straight off as a change in commitment. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Marriage & Divorce belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Marriage & Divorce?
Childhood as a Construct, Credentials & Screening and Cultural Reproduction sit alongside Marriage & Divorce in the Sociology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Childhood as a ConstructCredentials & ScreeningCultural Reproduction
Is the Marriage & Divorce poster free to download and print?
Yes. Marriage & Divorce downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Sociology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Marriage & Divorce poster print at?
Marriage & Divorce is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Marriage & Divorce loses nothing.Printing guide

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