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Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 - Officially created 'social workers' position, charged with protecting children in families
The Children Act 1989 - Clearly outlined the rights of children, holding local councils, schools, doctors and parents responsible if children were not protected, and that children's welfare should always be the main priority
The Child Support Agency 1993 - Absent fathers paid maintenance for the upbringing of their children and were chased down if they tried to avoid paying
Children Act 2004 - Clarified responsibilities and who should intervene to support children and when
Minister for Children - Introduced in 2003, responsible for the protection of children
According to HMRC data, 28% of all wealth in the UK was inherited, not earned
72% of women of employable age are in work compared to 79% of employable men
Divorce Reform Act 1969 - Couples could divorce after a 2 year separation if they both wanted divorce, or 5 years if only one wanted
Equal Pay Act 1970 - Women must be paid the same as men if they are working in the same role
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 - Made it illegal to discriminate employment and training based on gender, martial or parental status
R vs R 1991 - House of Lords judgement that a husband could be found guilty of raping his wife, removing the assumptions that wives had given ongoing consent when married
Shared Parental Leave 2015 - Mothers could share the larger maternity leave available to them with fathers, allowing father to take longer paternity leave and mothers to return to work earlier
Women do nearly 60% more unpaid domestic work than men
According to the ONS 1 in 3 women will experience domestic abuse in their life time
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Marx Weber
Stacey's Silicone Valley Study
2020 Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill - Changed the law, adding 'irretrievable breakdown' to the 5 grounds of divorce, no longer have to 'accuse' one partner at being at fault
In 1972 there were 480,000 marriages, in 2019 that had decreased to just over 200,000 in 2019
There were over 200,000 opposite sex marriages in 2019, and just over 6,000 same sex marriages
1 in 5 opposite sex marriages were within religious ceremonies in 2019, the lowest on record
The average age for getting married is 34 for men and 32 for women
3/4 of marriages were first time marriages
2/3 of marriages are successful
7/10 families are married
In 1938 there were only 6,000 divorces, by 1993, that had risen to 165,000, in 2020, there were 103,000 divorces
In 2014, 8% of couples were from different ethnic backgrounds
In 2021, there were 3.6 million cohabiting families
2/3 couples cohabit before marriage
39% of cohabiting couples have dependant children, as of 2012
38% of married couples have dependant children, as of 2012
In 2020, 49% of babies born out of wedlock
A 2012 Bradford University Survey found that 9% of adults are in Living Apart Together Relationships
As of 2021, 22% of dependent children live in Lone Parent Families
15% of all families are Lone Parent Families
In 2011, 11% of dependent children live with step parents
In 2019, the average age that women have their first child was 29 years old, an increase from 24 years old in the 1960s
In the 1960s, the average number of children per woman was 3, this has decreased to 1.58 children per woman in 2020
1/5 of women age 45 have no biological children
In 1938 only 4% of children were born out of wedlock, this has increased to 49% of babies in 2020
Only 2% of lone parents are teenagers

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