FCS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Childbirth, Dry Cleaning, Sleep Deprivation
22 Jun 2018
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Cohabitation and Marriage
1. Cohabitation
a. What is it?
a.i. Sharing of a household by unmarried persons who have a sexual
relationship
b. Rates are increasing
2. Eight types of Cohabiting Relationships
a. Here and Now
a.i. Enjoying the relationship as it is; focused on the present situation
b. Testers
b.i. Seeing if they are compatible for marriage
c. Engaged
c.i. Living together during engagement
d. Money savers
d.i. Living together due to economic convenience (cheaper than both paying
rent, etc.)
d.ii. More common among working class
e. Pension partners
e.i. Older couples- if they marry, they will lose some pension benefits. So, live
together instead
f. Security blanket cohabitants
f.i. Drawn together for security, not attraction. May have an on again off
again relationship
g. Rebellious cohabitants
g.i. Live together to get back at family, etc.
h. Marriage never
h.i. Have no plans to ever marry; do not believe in marriage; may fear divorce
3. The characteristics of Cohabitants differ by education level
a. College educated cohabitants
a.i. Less likely to have children than other groups of cohabitants
a.ii. Cohabitation is often a testing ground for marriage
a.iii. Often pursuing graduate school or career while cohabiting
a.iv. Many are engaged, with date set
a.v. Most eventually marry
b. Moderately educated cohabitants
b.i. High school graduates
b.ii. Often move in together quickly
b.iii. May occur due to pregnancy
b.iv. Less closely tied to marriage
b.v. May want to marry eventually
b.v.1. But not possible or desirable at moment
b.v.1.a. Have high “standards” for marriage (Want it to be
“right” time/person)
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b.v.1.b. Want to meet particular goals first - buy car/house,
have steady job, etc.
b.vi. Stability of relationship is weak if they don’t marry
c. Least Educated Cohabitants
c.i. Did not complete high school
c.ii. Most have low incomes
c.iii. Serial cohabitation common
c.iii.1. Live with one person & then break up, then move in with
another person, etc.
c.iv. May occur due to:
c.iv.1. Pregnancy
c.iv.2. Financial need
c.v. Relationships are not very stable
c.vi. Chances for marriage are low
4. Cyclical Cohabitation
a. Intermittent cohabitation
a.i. On and off relationship (move in and then out, then back in)
b. Common reasons:
b.i. Incarceration
b.ii. Unemployment
b.iii. Relationship issues
c. Often get back together due to parenthood
5. Children of Cyclical Cohabitants
a. Compared to children of other marital status families:
a.i. There is no difference in their health
a.ii. They are twice as likely to repeat a grade (possibly due to moving back
and forth if they are the ones who keep moving in and out)
a.iii. They are more likely to experience a material hardship (lose house, etc.)
a.iv. There is no difference in time they spend with father
a.iv.1. Actually spend more time with them than nonresidential
divorced fathers (probably because the relationship continues on
and off, versus ending in a divorce)
6. Marriage- married, but living apart
a. Aka “live apartners,”” living together apart” (LAT)
7. Factors behind living apart
a. What are some factors that play a role in the decision to live apart?
b. Economic
b.i. Examples: May find jobs in different parts of the country; May each have
a “rent control” apartment they don’t want to give up (or can’t afford
one big enough for both of them)
c. Fulfillment
c.i. As you saw/read, they may enjoy time alone and more space for self;
May believe they get along better & enjoy time together more when they
don’t see each other everyday
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d. Technology
d.i. Allows them to stay in touch – can connect via technology
Chapter 8
Work and Family
1. Think about who did the housework/chores during your childhood/ teen years
a. Males:
a.i. Fix things that were broken
a.ii. Take out trash
b. Females
b.i. Clean rooms
b.ii. Wash dishes
2. Gender differences in housework
a. Gender differences in housework:
b. Men do more than they did in the past
b.i. Especially when their wife works outside the home
c. But, women still do the majority of household tasks
d. Typical types of tasks:
d.i. Male tasks – outdoors, less regular occurring tasks (mow grass once per
week, etc.)
d.ii. Female tasks – repetitive, monotonous, time consuming, inside the house
e. Average house per day men and women spent in various activit
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Document Summary
Cohabitation and marriage: cohabitation, what is it? a. i. Sharing of a household by unmarried persons who have a sexual relationship: rates are increasing, eight types of cohabiting relationships, here and now a. i. Enjoying the relationship as it is; focused on the present situation: testers b. i. Seeing if they are compatible for marriage: engaged c. i. Living together during engagement: money savers d. i. Living together due to economic convenience (cheaper than both paying rent, etc. ) d. ii. More common among working class: pension partners e. i. Older couples- if they marry, they will lose some pension benefits. May have an on again off again relationship: rebellious cohabitants g. i. Live together to get back at family, etc: marriage never h. i. Have no plans to ever marry; do not believe in marriage; may fear divorce: the characteristics of cohabitants differ by education level, college educated cohabitants a. i. Less likely to have children than other groups of cohabitants a. ii.
