CFD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Socioeconomic Status, Social Integration

• School: UCM
• Department: Child and Family Development
• Course: CFD 1010
• Professor: Frank R Peterson

Document Summary

Sort out the differences between feelings and behaviors. Most people know who their spouse had an affair with. Established in a religious tradition then moved to a more secular tradition. People can marry in either a church or not in a church to develop their households. 4 elements of traditional divorce law: gender-division of roles and responsibilities, required grounds for divorce. Has to be a reason for divorce. A logical reason: based on adversarial proceedings, financial terms were built on fault. California was the first state to pass this. Changed each of the four basic elements of traditional divorce law. How many people in the population at any age divorce in the last year. Between 1920 and 1950 divorce nearly doubled. Since 1990 there has been a steady decrease in divorce. Reasons it has declined in the past 30 years. Social factors associated with divorce: changes in divorce law, changes in social, religious, and moral sanctions, economic, social integration.