Roczniki Socjologii Rodziny, 2006, tom 17

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Orientacja na małżeństwo młodych singli
(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2006) Żurek, Aldona
For present-day young Poles, Getting married is more and more often a conscious and deliberate decision, made by them with the view of achieving one of their life goals. Making matrimonial decisions takes place without social pressure put on women and men. There is no pressure coming from either the existing axio-normative system or from social groups, especially those informal and common ones, which would stimulate such decisions. For people deciding to get married, the obstacle is the lack of sufficient material, financial, accommodation-related and professional conditions that would form a strong foundation for the marriage. Young Poles do not reject the institutions of the family and the marriage, but they expect stability, opportunity and possibilities that come from the social environment. What emerges is then a drive towards happy relationships of satisfied happy people, for whom the institution is not an obstacle, but rather a helping hand in realising their goals, which often are not related to family life. So high expectations addressed towards the marriage make matrimonial decisions pushed further in time.