SOCI 2700H Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sperm Bank, Birth Weight, Miscarriage
24 Jan 2017
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Proportion of traditional families" (one mother, one father, at least one child) has continued to decline while other family structures have increased. There is also a steep decline in marriage rates since the 1990s. Married-couple families constitute about 70% of all families in 2001. In the short term, cohabitation is mainly seen as a way of delaying marriage, especially for young adults. A longer period of singlehood also delays marriage. The proportion of 25-29 year old adults who are not cohabitating or married are significantly increasing. This longer period of singlehood results from: necessity of obtaining an advanced education, establishing oneself at their job, getting settled economically. Children benefit much more than adults from their parents" marriage. Children who experience a conflictual parental marriage benefit less than children living with a well-balanced single parent. Very few marriages are detrimental to children; even smaller amount of divorces benefit the children at all.
