HDFS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bachelor Party, Engagement, Sandwich Generation
23 Oct 2018
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-Living Arrangements of Non-marrieds -
•living alone
-1/4 of US households
-likelihood increases with age in all racial/ethnic groups
-“living alone together”
•in a relationship but each maintains separate dwellings
•living with parents
-more men than women
-reasons:
•economic reasons
•“entitlement”
•assistance raising a child
•living in groups or communally
•cohabiting with partners of the same or opposite sex
•parents come back to live with children
-Rituals & Rites of Passage -
•marker points that symbolize transitions and allow for celebration and creation of
memories
•engagement
-purpose
•how know if successful?
•prenuptial celebrations
-bridal showers
-bachelor parties
•wedding ceremony
•wedding reception
•some origins
-Transition to Marriage -
•Marriage is a legal contract
•Prepare for marriage
-premarital education
-premarital counseling
-premarital assessment
•PREPARE (91% accuracy)
-Cohabitating -
•These relationships are relatively short-term
•they end in marriage for 23% of men and 37% of women
•within two years, 40% of men dan 23% of women in cohabiting relationships break
up
•at the end of four years 75% break up
-Relationship Sequence -
•cohabitating relationship have a medium duration of 1.3 years
•can be as devastating as divorce, but less support generally exists
•suggestions for coping with break-up
-Non-Marital Cohabitation - Increased Last 15 Years -
•Variety of reasons:
Document Summary
Living arrangements of non-marrieds : living alone. Likelihood increases with age in all racial/ethnic groups. Living alone together : in a relationship but each maintains separate dwellings, living with parents. Reasons: economic reasons, entitlement , assistance raising a child, living in groups or communally, cohabiting with partners of the same or opposite sex, parents come back to live with children. Rituals & rites of passage : marker points that symbolize transitions and allow for celebration and creation of memories, engagement. Purpose: how know if successful, prenuptial celebrations. Bachelor parties: wedding ceremony, wedding reception, some origins. Transition to marriage : marriage is a legal contract, prepare for marriage. Relationship sequence : cohabitating relationship have a medium duration of 1. 3 years, can be as devastating as divorce, but less support generally exists, suggestions for coping with break-up. Non-marital cohabitation - increased last 15 years : variety of reasons: Practical reasons: save on rent, food, etc. Fear of marriage (one or more divorced)
