SOC244H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Stepfamily, Coparenting, Role Theory
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In this chapter, we will look at the trends in remarriage and family formation canada. While stepfamilies may look like other two parent families, there are many significant differences. Remarriage: a marriage that takes place after a previous marriage has ended. Since the divorce rate is increasing, remarriages are also increasing. Stepfamily: a family where the children are blood related to one parent but not the other. The 2011 census counted 464,335 stepfamily, which represented 12. 6% of couple families with children. Each married spouse and no other children. One married spouse and at least one other biological or adopted child of the couple. Each married spells and at least one other biological or adopted child of the couple. Until the end of world war ii, most remarriages followed the death of a spouse. Complex factors live behind shift from remarriage after widowhood to remarriage after divorce: 1.
