SOCL 4401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stepfamily
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Housework and child care: time use studies show that married women have cut housework time almost in half, while married men have doubled theirs. In 1965 women performed four times as much childcare as men, but only twice as much in 2010. Graph: housework and childcare: time use in a typical day. Divorce rates and trends: divorce rates are higher than 150 years ago, peaked in 1980 before beginning decline, ~40 to 50% of marriages will end in divorce. Independence effect: when women are employed outside the home they are self-sufficient and are therefore more likely to leave unhappy marriages. Graph: causes of divorce: percentage of first marriages ending in separation or divorce. 26+- 26: adults" happiness, divorce may be a better alternative to unhappy marriage situations, especially ones that involve violence, abuse, or neglect. Consequences of divorce: mental stress levels in the years surrounding divorce or separation.
