FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Canada Revenue Agency, Civil Marriage Act, Economic Security

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Sandra Pericak

Document Summary

Historical context: historically, marriage seen as a significant life event, institution formed out of economic necessity, change in establishment of unions is linked with social changes. Deciding: two-thirds slid into living together (stanley, rhoades, & fincham, 2010, more thoughtful decision-making processes related to more dedication, higher satisfaction, and fewer extra-dyadic involvements (owen, rhoades, & stanley, 2013) Inertia effect (stanley, rhoades, & markman, 2006)- pushes two people who might otherwise not marry, to marry. Effects of cohabitation: premarital cohabitation related to negative impact on later marital stability and quality, selectivity, experience, need to consider life course theory, analyses based on earlier cohorts of cohabiters when not considered a normative pathway. Reasons to get married (video: number one reason for getting married is fear of being alone, religious reasons, emotional security, start family, economic security, family pressure. Marriage and health: decreased mortality, selection hypothesis. Improves physical health by improving emotional health. Helps in the early detection of illness: social support hypothesis.