Marriage seen as less crucial for child-rearing

Significantly fewer Irish people believe that a couple who have a child ought to be married — but more consider marriage to be a life-long commitment.

In 2006, Amárach Research carried out a face-to-face poll of 1,000 people across the country on their attitudes towards marriage and families. The survey was carried again in 2014 to see how attitudes had changed.

According to Accord, the Catholic marriage care service, the surveys sought to measure the public’s: