Why is marriege less popular?

Question

help i need a questionnaire on why marriage is declining getting less popular please help me get some questions thankyou so much i do appreciate it i am so confused and stressed and depressed please!

Answer 1

The reasons marriage is getting less popular is:
1 Sex is available without it;
2 Divorce and its expense is avoided;
3 Not wanting children;
4 At best, marriage is about as likely to fail as succeed. Many marriages that last are not happy ones, leaving many feeling trapped;
5 Tax breaks do not actively encourage marriage.
6 Due to 'no-fault' divorce, either party can be divorced against their will and through no fault of their own. (One can be divorced for no reason whatever).
7 Alimony. The idea of being forced to continue paying for the lifestyle of one's spouse after marriage because.... well, there actually IS no reason, it is just another sexist law.

Many men are shunning marriage because it gives them nothing they can't have without it and in most cases, carries extra burdens. A never-married father has almost exactly the same rights in regard to his children as the divorced father but the never-married father is not automatically shackled with the legal status of father to his partner's children that occurred as a result of her affair with another man. That means that unless married, either a DNA test or written acknowledgement is required to name a man as "dad" in most cases. While a never-married man MAY be incorrectly named as father, such as in an ex parte order, the married man IS named as the legal father in many states simply by the fact of being married to the mother.

Many women are not marrying because they can get everything they want without marriage along with the fact that more and more men refuse to marry due to the sexism inherent in family law.

Answer 2

The answers you've been given so far are just that ... answers ... what you want is a series of questions to put in a questionnaire which will probably produce the answers that the respondents have given so far. Start yourself off with a main title, hypothesis or question eg Is marriage declining? But don't put this question to the interviewees ... unless right at the end in an open question.

In designing a questionnaire, you don't want to put ideas in people's heads or else you are introducing bias into the question. You want as straightforward and honest an answer as you can get. You need to ensure that each question asks about one thing so that it is not too confusing. Are you asking a variety of ages these questions, for a start?

A sample questionnaire could be - tick the following boxes for a start. (Male, female, age group, married, single, cohabiting).

Then this wd lead on to a separate series of questions for single, married, cohabiting people.

Ticking boxes on a scale from one to 10 works quite well for opinions. eg. How important is sharing interests in choosing a marriage partner? Is it important to be married before having children? How many dates would you have before having sex? (1-10 or not until marriage .....

Other answers need be to be closed ones, ie yes or no, eg were your parents married? Have your parents divorced? Do you practise religion?

A few open questions at the end allow the interviewee to expand on their views.

Once you have a whole list of questions for certain groups of people, you'll eventually sort out a conclusion from analysing the answers.

Good luck. If you are studying Sociology, your textbooks will have sections on designing surveys.

Answer 3

I think marriage is less popular now because people our afraid of the commitment. I mean it is such a big decision and so many people are waiting for the perfect person. I think some people just think they'll find eachother if they're soul mates but i dont think thats how it works. I think you need to make an effort to find a great person and if it doesnt work out then it doesn't! People also want to stay single so they can go out to clubs and anywhere still and flirt and not be in trouble with their spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend.

Answer 4

Having read the replies above it seems that none of you are married and have absolutely no idea what your talking about. Basically its down to personal choice. I myself have been with my partner for 23 years. I am no less commited to her even though we are not married. As for rights, we have 3 children to which i have very few legal rights even though i am their father and they have my name. In fact, Gay couples who have been married in civil ceremonies have more rights than me. As for sex, lol, i've been told by married couples that i get roughly the same amount. Hollywood has absolutely nothing to do with it. Not being married doesn't make it any easier to break up with someone. It may prolong a break up which could be bad thing for some.

Answer 5

Marriage will never go out of style. The nation ends before that happens. Marriage may end for a particular country, but the nation that replaces it will go back to what works---which is marriage and family. We seem to always believe that we are different than other peoples and that leads us to make the same mistakes of past peoples.

Answer 6

Adverse effects of women's rights. Women can now support themselves and do not need to get married for support.

Also, our society puts too much emphasis on love and romance. Love and romance die out after a short time. Societies that view marriage as more of a partnership have longer marriages.

Answer 7

People seem to think its not cool anymore, its been the butt of jokes for a long time, lots of people grew up with divorced parents and this has maybe led them to mistrust marriage, there are no financial incentives in the form of tax breaks etc, there is no social stigma to being unmarried and "living in sin" so there is no incentive to marry; its expensive to get married; these days people are a bit committment phobic and prefer not to be "trapped"? Any good to you?

Answer 8

the children of tday are far more likely to be the product of a broken home than in past years.........there is reluctanceto believe in happy ever after as in past.....also society does not frown on co habiting in the way it used to.....aslo folks do not feel any need to wait until married to have sex so a combination of alot of things add up to less tying the know.

Answer 9

Divorce is socially acceptable.With no social pressure,it's much simpler to bail than to work at it.This cheapened marriage.Why would the children of divorce ever consider marriage?

Answer 10

A irresponsible MALE or BOY can get sex now without having to grow up. Hence a lot of Boy's will not marry (what's the use of the paper -- which really means I'm getting sex now why be responsible).

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