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Our interest in families and marriage today is a reflection of the concern that has been expressed in recent years about the future of these institutions in Britain (See, for example, Home Office, HMSO, 1979). Conflicting moral codes, the well-publicised increase in the divorce rate and experimentation with radical life-styles have all contributed to a climate in which people may feel that fundamental changes have and are taking place at the very roots of society — that is within the family.
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Brown, J., Comber, M., Gibson, K., Howard, S. (1985). Marriage and the Family. In: Abrams, M., Gerard, D., Timms, N. (eds) Values and Social Change in Britain. Studies in the Contemporary Values of Modern Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17924-4_5
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