HD FS 315Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Baby Boom, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Apache Hadoop
7 Oct 2016
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60% of men and 50% of women: celebrate 40th wedding anniversary. Likely to be lower for more recent cohorts: for those married in 1975 1979: Only 59% of men and 53% of women: 1) health deteriorates: more chronic conditions, 65 69: 2) dementia: ages 65 74: 3) worry about adult children and their families: physical problems of children, emotional problems of children, lack of career success, men more sensitive to children"s problems than women. Consequences of challenges for marriage in the later years. Low quality relationships: less closeness, less commitment. High quality relationships: greater closeness, intensified feelings of commitment, greater feelings of love. Last year 3,977,735 babies born in u. s. Becoming a parent is a unique transition because: you cannot undo parenthood, you will always be a parent. Historical changes: colonial america, the great fertility decline, baby boom, baby bust, childbearing in the 21st century. Choices surrounding having children: deciding to have children, when to have children, how many children.
