SOCL 2505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mass Media, Domestic Violence, Median Income
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Trends in remarriage: occurs when a previously remarried person marries again, higher divorce rates than first marriage, factors causing failure of a remarriage: Presence of children from a previous relationship. Women who report their children were not wanted unplanned kids. Marriage in communities with higher poverty rates, low median family income, and a low proportion of college-educated residents. Informal family arrangements: family structure is becoming more complex through divorce and remarriage, which creates new kinship relationships. Decline in the number of stay-at-home mothers. African american families have the highest rate of single mothers. Single dad is the least likely across all races. Book definition: two or more people who ae committed to each other and share: Census bureau: a family consists of 2 or more people (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption residing in the same housing unit. How americans define family is evolving: 3 clusters of americans, when it comes to defining family:
