chapter 6 sociology
in 2011, nearly _______ percent of cohabiting couples lived with children under 18--either their own or those from a previous relationship or marriage.
40%
By 2013 it was estimated that _______ percent of the U.S women aged 19-44 had ever cohabited.
65%
civil unions
legally recognized unions explicitly intended to offer similar state-provided legal rights and benefits as marriage. Allow same sex-couples to receive many of the legal benefits of married couples, but without the "marriage" classification.
domestic partnership
Arrangement in which an unmarried couple registers their partnership with a civil authority and then enjoys some (although not necessarily all) rights, benefits, and entitlements traditionally reserved for marrieds.
commune
Groups of adults and perhaps children who live together, sharing aspects of their lives. Some communes are group marriages, in which members share sex; others are communal families, with several monogamous couples, who share everything except sexual relations and their children.
emerging adulthood
Fairly new life cycle stage typically defined as young adults ages 18 to 29 who spend more time in higher education or exploring options regarding work, career, and family making than in the past.
consensual marriages
Heterosexual, conjugal unions that have not gone through a legal marriage ceremony.
Explain why many social scientists see a declining psychological advantage to marriage compared to singlehood. Compare and contrast the emotional advantages and disadvantages of marriage versus singlehood.
Many social scientists see a declining psychological advantage to marriage compared to singlehood because of divorce rates and cohabitation.
why has the number of unmarrieds risen dramatically since the 1960s?
Much of this increase has resulted from young adults postponing marriage coupled with a marked rise in cohabitation.
intermittent cohabitation
Relationships in which parenting couples move in together, then out, then back in.
sex ratio
The number of men per 100 women in a society. If the sex ratio is above 100, there are more men than women; if it is below 100, there are more women than men.
selection effects
When individuals "select" themselves into a category being investigated.
in the year 2012, the sex ratio was about 96 men for every 100 women in the United states. Why is this important to the study of marriage and the family.
a high rate of heterosexual marriage presumes matching numbers of males and females in a population.
the text cites four social factors that may encourage young people today to postpone marriage or not to marry at all. which of the following is NOT one of these?
a rejection of marriage as an institution.
why has attitudes toward marriage and singlehood have changed?
being unmarried is more often viewed as preferable, at least "for now."
Some adults who live with their parents have never moved out, but others — called _________ — have left home and then returned.
boomerangers
______ refers to singles living together
cohabitation
why are more and more young unmarrieds living in their parents' homes?
economic constraints
the proportion of young adults living with parents rose sharply between 2000 and 2012
false
what is the result of heterosexual cohabitation becoming more acceptable?
increasing numbers of cohabiting households include children either born to the union or from a previous relationship.
reasons why people are postponing marriage today?
the increasing alternatives may make marriage less attractive. The recession that began in 2007 has led many to postpone marriage. -low sex ratio; fewer men for women of marriageable age
the number of one-person households has increased dramatically over the past 30 years
true
throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States had more men the women
true
