SOC 120CDWI Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Marriage Market, Ideal Type, Median Income
2 Dec 2016
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Since 1960s, average wages stayed same or decreased for those w/out college. Family inequality: the extent to which some families obtain more income and wealth than do others. College-educated: more likely to be two parent families. By late 20s and early 30s, their rate exceeds those of the less-educated. College-educated: wait until marriage to have children. Assortative marriage: the tendency of people to marry others similar to themselves. Drop in risk of divorce greatest for college educated (1/3) With a high school degree: highest risk. Globalization of production: the movement of manufacturing and clerical jobs to developing countries. Has altered family life in developed and developing countries. In the united states, the college-educated are living family lives that are called neo-traditional: A style of family life centered on marriage but which may be preceded by cohabitation and in which wives work outside the home.
