PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Birth Order, Anti-Social Behaviour, Married People
23 Jan 2014
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Dramatic increase; tripled from 1970 to 2005. Common problems: forming intimate relationships with other adults, loneliness, finding niche in marriage oriented society. Chart: percentage of single adults 30-34 years of age. Dramatic rise in cohabiting before marriage: 11% in 1970 to 75% 2009: varies by country, cohabiting: short-lived in u. s, comparing cohabitation to marriage, advantages and disadvantages of cohabiting. Marital trends: changing male-female equality in and high expectations of marriage fragile, intense marriages, average duration of a marriage is 9 years, more adults remain single longer. Age of first marriage (2007): 27. 5 for men, 25. 6 for women: u. s. is a marrying society, ~90% will marry in their lifetime; marriage rates have declined in recent years o. Chart: increase in age at 1st marriage in u. s. Middle adulthood: most married people express considerable satisfaction; very happy . Late adulthood: adjustments needed at retirement, widowhood, happiness affected by each partner"s coping with aging, benefits of a good marriage.
