STHM 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Nuclear Family, Baby Boomers
7 May 2018
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• Demographic Changes
o US is the third most populous nation in the world
o Changing identity due to diversification
▪ Asian = 7%
▪ African American/Black = 14%
▪ Hispanic = 13%
▪ Caucasian = 60%
▪ Major changes over next 40 years
o Baby boomers retiring
▪ Controls most of the wealth
▪ Older generation more active than ever
o Just Enough for the City
▪ Populations centers in the US were once focused on mainly rural areas
• Dramatic shift to more urban areas
• Decline of cities led to suburbs becoming more popular
▪ Exburbs
• Places beyond the suburbs. People willing to live further from
cities for increased quality of life
• Focus has returned to cities
▪ Families want recreation and leisure space. High monetary value
▪ The New View – Leisure and recreation has led a resurgence and
revitalization of urban areas
o 21st Century Family
▪ No longer stay at home mom, one source of income
• Traditional nuclear family only in roughly 25% of US households
• Makeup of families changing
▪ Getting married later in life; having kids later in life
• No expectation of marriage or marriage being a lifelong
commitment
▪ Places new stresses on the family
o Environmental Concerns
▪ Leisure and recreation strongly tied to environmental movement and
creation of parks
• Yellowstone 1872 and Central Park 1850
▪ Leisure enthusiasts have been essential in pushing for environmental
preservation
• Essential to a variety of leisure pursuits
▪ Outdoors has long been considered part of the American Identity
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