SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Married People
4 Oct 2016
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Rise of 1-parent families is just one change the us family has undergone since 1960. Others include: marriage (rates have declined, cohabitation, divorce, marriage equality, smaller families, gay couples, more single living. Stagnation of lower wages (decline in marriage particularly high for lower income people) Want economic security in order to get married. Rise of cohabitation (and the acceptance of it) Seeing this same trend in other wealthy countries. E. g. the % of couples under 30 who are cohabiting, has risen from 11% (1970) ~50% (today) Only about 1/3 of cohabiting couples marry within 3 years of starting to live together. Marriage is more likely for whites/higher earners than minorities/low earners. No slightly raises the risk of divorce. Those who cohabit have more characteristics that predict divorce anyway. People who cohabit tend to be less religious. People who are less religious are less likely to stay in an unhappy marriage. You"ve heard that 50% of marriages end in divorce.
