CFD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Social Exchange Theory
1 Dec 2016
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More religious means typically more stable in relationship. Lowest divorce rate: catholicism, asian faiths, mormons, jewish. Religiously homogenous relationship: both people in the relationship are in the same religion, both are catholic or christians, age of marriage. Older you marry the more stable relationship is: premarital pregnancy, fertility within marriage. First 12 months after first child divorce rate drops to zero. After that divorce rate goes back to normal. People have sons have less likely to divorce than having daughter: easier to care for, father tend to be more involved with sons, marriage order and stabilization. Second marriage are 25% more likely to divorce than first marriage. First marriage is the most stable: history or parental divorce. Children who had divorced parents are more likely to divorce: they see it as an option. Theoretical explanations of divorce: deviance perspective- traditional approach, social exchange theory. Most likely to divorce if attractions to the marriage and barriers.
