FRHD 1020 Chapter 16: Textbook - Chapter 16 (Predicting future of family)
6 Jan 2012
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Textbook: the family dynamic a canadian perspective fifth edition. Chapter 16: the crystal ball predicting the future of the family. Population is becoming older because of aging baby-boomer generation, the low birth rate, and advances in medical technology. By 2026 they will be aged 60-80 and most will be retired. Dependency ratio a way of comparing dependents to providers who are in the workforce. Tax burden will fall on smaller working population who can less readily afford the cost. More generations alive now than ever before, children know grandparents & great-grandparents. Traditional family husband, wife and biological children. Marriage patterns changing, cohabitation increasing; definition of marriage changing. Divorce and remarriage increased, same-sex marriages, ban against polygamy questioned. Children born to married couples who have children later in life, older parents, fewer siblings, living grandparents. In 1950s one-parent families were widowed and the loyalty issue was a lot less because the other parent had died.
