PSY 3123 Lecture 11: The Second Time Around

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

Document Summary

P s y 3 1 2 3 : c h a p t e r 1 1. T u e s d a y , m a r c h 1 4 , 2 0 1 7. R e m a r r ia ge a nd s te p fa m il ie s. A family where the children are related to one parent but not the other in the census for the first time in 2011. Simple stepfamily: one previous marriage and children from one parent. Complex stepfamily: both partners have had previous marriages, and children. Poll: stepfamilies represent which proportion of families with children a) b) c) d) one in 2 one in 5 one in 8* (at one point in time) one in 15. This number is likely to be higher than 1/8. Bar graph: % of parents in stepfamilies, by type. By 2011: slightly more complex families than simple stepfamilies.