FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Extended Family

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

Document Summary

Couple and family relationships lecture 31 april 6th. *video watched: breaks don"t have to leave you broken : ted talks* Before confederation divorce required a parliamentary act. Acceptable grounds: adultery or 7 years of desertion. Acceptable grounds breakdown of marriage + 3 years of separation. 1985- amended to 1 year of separation. Age at marriage- before 25 more likely to get divorce within the first 5 years of marriage. Birth of a child - reduces likelihood of divorce in the year after the birth. Intergenerational effect - children of divorce are more likely to get a divorce as well. Think about it : in the past 100 years, divorce has gone from being socially stigmatized to a relatively normative life event. Annual income >,000, risk reduced by 30% Getting married after 25, risk reduced by 24% Parents happily married, risk reduced by 14% Strong religious beliefs, risk reduced by 14%