CAS PS 370 Study Guide - Final Guide: Marianismo, Machismo, Impermanence
8 Apr 2014
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Health benefits of marriage: married individuals have better health outcomes, live longer than their non married counterparts, lower rates of depression, less stress, higher life satisfaction, better cognitive functioning in old age, why, provides economic, social and psychological resources and benefits, provides a structured, institutionalized form of social support: enforceable trust", married individuals tend to promote positive health behaviors towards partners, protects against feelings of loneliness and isolation, who does it benefit more, benefits men"s mental and physical well being more than women, depression is more prevalent in unmarried men and in married women. Homogamy: individuals who are similar in social and demographic characteristics tend to marry each other: a form of assortative mating: when individuals choose to mate with others who are similar (positive assortative mating) or dissimilar (negative, based on, age around 2 years older or younger, race, religion, educational similarity, personality, attractiveness.
