PSYC18H3 Lecture 2: SOCB49 Tutorial 1 Summary of student responses.docx
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Chart 2: students were able to recognize key information contained in the graph including percentage of canadian women in common-law and legally married relationships by age group an year. Students also recognized key trends of increased incidence of cohabitation and decrease in legal marriages. Most students missed the point that the chart also provided the total percentage of women in coupled relationships and the percentage of women who are not in coupled relationships. Student responses detailed a variety of different social reasons for these trends. These included changing attitudes towards marriage and cohabitation, declining influence of religion increased financial and sexual equality for women, and increased financial independence for women. Chart 3: students recognized quebec as an outlier having a much higher rate of cohabitation compared to other canadian provinces. Students were generally not familiar with reasons for this difference. I facilitated discussion about social factors contributing to this situation including.
