Terms
a family that one is born into and in which early socialization usually takes place
What is family of orientation?
True or False: education and marital satisfaction are positively correlated
What is true?
The overall trend in recent decades is that cohabitation has been: increasing or decreasing?
What is increasing?
family unit composed of relatives in addition to parents and their dependent children
What is extended family?
Cohabiting couples do not have the same _________rights as married couples.
What is legal?
the style or pattern of finding a significant other prior to dating
true or false: Teen birth rate is increasing
What is false?
The overall trend in recent decades is that divorce rates are: increasing or decreasing?
What is decreasing?
living together romantically without being married
What is cohabitation?
family formed by having or adopting kids
What is family of procreation?
marrying outside of one's social group
What is exogamay?
True or False: marriage rate is declining
What is true?
The overall trend in recent decades is that exogamous marriages have been: increasing or decreasing?
What is increasing?
family unit composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live apart from other relatives
What is nuclear family?
In which decade did divorce rates peak?
The 1980s
Couples of lower socioeconomic status have higher divorce rates than those of higher socioeconomic status
What is the marriage divide (or divorce divide)?
divorce rates shot up after this was introduced in 1970
What is no fault divorce
The overall trend in recent decades is that women are having more children. True or False?
What is false?
feeling the squeeze between taking care of dependent children and aging parents
What is the cohabitation effect?
What is egalitarian?
the percentage of marriages that end in divorce
What is 39%?
The median age of first marriage has generally __________ over the past few decades
What is increased?
women have six few hours of free time per week on average compared to men
What is the leisure gap?
Identify at least two benefits of marriage
What is couples are better off financially and emotionally, live longer and are healthier; kids are healthier emotionally and better off financially, etc.