SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Endogamy, Child Support, Economic Inequality

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Extended families are still more common amongst latino families (as well as traditional male authority over women), while 70% of african-american children are born to single women. 45% of all african-american families are headed by single women, compared to. Interracial and inter-ethnic marriages are still the exception rather than the rule 12% of all marriages in 2014 (meaning 86% of marriages are endogamous when it comes to race or ethnicity; divorce rates also higher among interracial couples vs. intra-racial). Divorce: there are approximately 2. 2 million marriages annually in the u. s. , and 1. 1 million divorces. While the divorce rate (3. 4/1,000) is half the marriage (6. 8/1,000), half of the marriages do not end in divorce. But its effect is widespread: of all adults over the age 18, 21% of men and 22% of women have been divorced at some point. Causes of divorce are numerous: divorce is more socially acceptable, and divorce is easier to legally obtain (no-fault divorce laws).

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