SOCIOL 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Krahn People, Legal Secretary, Glass Ceiling
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Divorce outcomes research: issues and perspectives, journal of family. Weitzman (1985) the divorce revolution and the feminization of poverty . Standard of living for men increase by 42% Standard of living for women are children decreases by 73% Women end up being the primary custodians of their children (10-12 percent of children of divorce reside with their father (ambert, 2005) Women and children experience major economic downturn after divorce. Found that 29% of men reported an increase in their income over a two year period after divorce, whereas 43% of women reported a decrease in their income. There are persistent inequalities in the ways in which divorce is experienced by men and women. The daily: census of population: families, households, marital status, structural type of dwelling, collectives . There is indeed a gendered nature to the experience of divorce and how ones life unfolds after the divorce.
