Negative Factors

Abstract

There are a number of other factors, however, which may serve to weaken Switzerland’s prevention of prolonged dependency. These include the loosening of family controls as exhibited by the growth of ‘coupling’ (couples living together without marriage), and the loosening of community involvement of young adults as evidenced by the low rate of voters exercising their franchises in recent elections. The problem of ‘coupling’ is, of course, offset by the high rate of marriage in this group soon after pregnancy. The problem of apathy among young Swiss voters has been reported to be shrinking as issues of concern to youth have appeared in the elections.