CFD 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United States Census Bureau, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Accordion
10 Jun 2018
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CHAPTER 6: NONMARITAL LIFESTYLES
---What does it mean to be single?
-Many college students think of being single as not being in a romantic relationship
-Some believe it means to have never been marries
-US Census Bureau says single simply means unmarried
---Reasons for more unmarried
-In 1970, fewer than 28% of US adults were single; today, there are as many singles as married people
-This change is due to a growing proportion of widowed elderly, a high divorce rate, young adults
postponing marriage, along with a growing incidence of cohabitation.
-median age is 27 for women and 29 for men now
-Major reasons for more unmarried are due to several social factors; demographic, economic,
technological, social, and cultural
---Demographic, Economic, and Technological Changes
--DEMOGRAPHIC:
-the sex ratio (number of men to women in a given society or subgroup) influences marital options and
singlehood
-2012: 96 men for every 100 women (can affect the odds of finding a spouse)
-Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the US had more men than women
-Today this is reversed due to changes in immigration patterns and greater improvement in oe’s
health
--ECONOMIC
-people view marriage as a status
--TECHNOLOGY
-With effective contraception, sexual relationships outside marriage, without great risk of unwanted
pregnancy, become possible
-New conception technologies offer the possibility for planned pregnancy to unpartnered heterosexual
women as well as same-sex couples
---Social and Cultural Changes
-Emerging adulthood: (18-29) People spend more time in higher education or exploring career options
than in the past
-more individualistic society
-It is now widely accepted that young people will have sexual intercourse before marriage
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Document Summary
Many college students think of being single as not being in a romantic relationship. Some believe it means to have never been marries. Us census bureau says single simply means unmarried. In 1970, fewer than 28% of us adults were single; today, there are as many singles as married people. This change is due to a growing proportion of widowed elderly, a high divorce rate, young adults postponing marriage, along with a growing incidence of cohabitation. Median age is 27 for women and 29 for men now. Major reasons for more unmarried are due to several social factors; demographic, economic, technological, social, and cultural. The sex ratio (number of men to women in a given society or subgroup) influences marital options and singlehood. 2012: 96 men for every 100 women (can affect the odds of finding a spouse) Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the us had more men than women.
