?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Learning%2C+Family+Formation+and+Dissolution+%5BWider+Benefits+of+Learning+Research+Report+No.+4%5D&rft.creator=Bynner%2C+John&rft.creator=Blackwell%2C+Louisa&rft.description=The+relationship+between+learning+and+the+family+is+complicated+and+continually+changing.+As+education+extends+for+increasing+numbers+of+people+and+careers+become+a+defining+feature+of+adult+life+for+both+men+and+women%2C+decisions+about+the+timing+of+marriage+and+parenthood+become+more+problematic.+Marriage+and+parenthood+may+be+a+considered+decision%2C+as+part+of+a+career+or%2C+where+fulfilling+employment+opportunities+are+limited%2C+seen+as+the+only+choice.+Postponement+of+marriage+and+parenthood+may+effectively+rule+out+both+options.+Over+time%2C+marriages+have+also+become+increasingly+fragile+and+the+earlier+the+marriage%2C+the+greater+the+chance+of+breakdown.+This+report+reviews+evidence+on+these+complex+aspects+of+relationships+in+the+modern+life+course+in+which+education%2C+qualifications%2C+and+learning+opportunities+more+generally%2C+have+a+major+part+to+play.+An+extensive+review+of+literature+is+used+to+examine%3A+partnership+formation%2C+including+marriage+and+cohabitation%3B+partnership+dissolution+and+divorce%3B+changing+patterns+of+childbearing+including+teenage+pregnancy%3B+benefits+of+learning+as+a+protective+factor+in+parenthood%3B+and+education+and+later+childbearing.+The+report+ends+with+the+exposition+of+a+theoretical+framework+in+which+to+locate+the+relationship+between+family+formation+and+learning.+Finally%2C+some+implications+for+policy+are+considered+together+with+key+questions+which+further+research+in+this+area+needs+to+address.&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Research+on+the+Wider+Benefits+of+Learning%2C+Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Centre+for+Research+on+the+Wider+Benefits+of+Learning%2C+Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London%3A+London.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10014692%2F1%2FWBLResRep4.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10014692%2F&rft.rights=open