SOCL 4401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Longitudinal Study, Line Graph, Social Control
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Changing (cid:498)dating(cid:499) culture: less formal dating, more (cid:498)hooking up(cid:499, number of hookups reported by college students (armstrong et al. 2010): none: 26, 1 to 3: 29. 6, 4 to 9: 29. 6, >= 10: 14. 8, more people meet potential partners online- some specifically geared toward hook-ups instead of relationships, match. com, e-harmony, tinder, okcupid. Trends related to marriage in us: there has been an overall decline in marriage, marriage rates have declined more rapidly for some (racial-ethnic) groups than for others, marriage is increasingly concentrated among those with higher education and income. Decline of marriage: aka the retreat from marriage. Individuals marrying later + divorce more frequent= adults spend less time being married overall than in past: marriage rates have fallen by more than half since 1970, marriage rates have fallen by about two-thirds since 1950. Economic factors and the decline of marriage: negative economic factors and economic insecurity discourage actual practice of marriage. Increasing economic independence for individuals decreases need for marriage.
