UK Wedding News
26/09/2014
The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that there are now fewer than one in seven women under the age of 25 on their wedding day.
Reasons for the change in trends are said to include women choosing to cohabit with a partner rather than marry, while there are also better educational and career opportunities for females today. Of those who do marry, they are said to be women in their 30s who are more experienced, compared to younger, shy females.
Elsewhere, in the 1980s, it was said that more than 60,000 teenagers married, but by 2011, this number was less than 3,000.
In general terms, the ONS said there were just over 37,000 brides under the age of 25 in England and Wales in 2011. In that year alone, there were almost 250,000 weddings, but among these, fewer than a third actually walk down the aisle.
That is, brides are now more than twice as likely to choose a more 'modern' setting for their big day, such as a stately home or hotel, rather than a traditional church.
Harry Benson, from The Marriage Foundation, is quoted in the Daily Mail as saying: "What we're seeing is the devastating trickle-down effect of the trend away from marriage.
"At the moment, we have high proportions of parents and grandparents who have got married at some stage and for the most part stayed together. They provide role models for the next generation. They also show what can be gained from making a marriage work in terms of the stability it provides for a family.
"However, fewer of today's 40-year-olds will be in a position to demonstrate the positives of a stable household cemented by marriage. Their children's generation, currently in their twenties, will suffer twofold; first from a higher level of family breakdown when they themselves are young, and secondly from the lack of familiarity with the benefits of marriage as they look to start their own families."
(JP/CD)
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People Now Waiting Longer To Marry
More people are now waiting until they are older to get married, newly released figures have shown.The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that there are now fewer than one in seven women under the age of 25 on their wedding day.
Reasons for the change in trends are said to include women choosing to cohabit with a partner rather than marry, while there are also better educational and career opportunities for females today. Of those who do marry, they are said to be women in their 30s who are more experienced, compared to younger, shy females.
Elsewhere, in the 1980s, it was said that more than 60,000 teenagers married, but by 2011, this number was less than 3,000.
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In general terms, the ONS said there were just over 37,000 brides under the age of 25 in England and Wales in 2011. In that year alone, there were almost 250,000 weddings, but among these, fewer than a third actually walk down the aisle.
That is, brides are now more than twice as likely to choose a more 'modern' setting for their big day, such as a stately home or hotel, rather than a traditional church.
Harry Benson, from The Marriage Foundation, is quoted in the Daily Mail as saying: "What we're seeing is the devastating trickle-down effect of the trend away from marriage.
"At the moment, we have high proportions of parents and grandparents who have got married at some stage and for the most part stayed together. They provide role models for the next generation. They also show what can be gained from making a marriage work in terms of the stability it provides for a family.
"However, fewer of today's 40-year-olds will be in a position to demonstrate the positives of a stable household cemented by marriage. Their children's generation, currently in their twenties, will suffer twofold; first from a higher level of family breakdown when they themselves are young, and secondly from the lack of familiarity with the benefits of marriage as they look to start their own families."
(JP/CD)
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