Znaczenie małżeństwa i rodziny współcześnie
Family Nowadays – Choice or Necessity?

Author(s): Małgorzata Szyszka
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: marriage; family; value of marriage and family; reasons for starting a family
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to attempt to identify the determinants of getting married and starting a family. The reasons why young (and not only young) people get married today have been selected on the basis of the research and literature in the field of family sociology. The analysis indicates that the high value attributed to family life and the sphere of emotions –love, trust, sense of security and stability, the sense of community and the desire to have children are the main reasons for starting a family. Family support and assistance as well as commitments to family solidarity also seem important. However, qualifying individual factors into the category of choice or necessity is difficult, because they are mostly twofold, resulting from multi-faceted and specific nature of interpersonal relationships. One can only assume that the basis for marriage and the family is choice, whereas its duration results from both choice and the necessity.

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