FAD CHAPTER 6

Cohabiting individuals tend to have _________ progressive attitudes towards gender roles

more

there is _______ intimate partner violence among cohabitaters than among marrieds

more

________ is a 4 stage process

cohabitation

___________ is "widely viewed as one of the most important changes in family life in the past forty years"

cohabitation

more than half (58 percent) of all nonmarital births occur to __________ mothers

cohabiting

selection effect

When individuals "select" themselves into a category being investigated.

the ________ is a phenomenon in which college-educated young adults spend two or three nights a week at their partner's home on a long-term basis but do not actually move in together

"stayover"

a sex ratio of 105 means that there are _____ men for every _____ women in a given population.

105, 100

Some believe young people have been __________ and are unprepared for life as independent adults

"coddled"

people marry around________

27 for women -29 for men

4 reasons for more unmarrieds

A growing proportion of widowed elderly a high divorce rate young adults postponing marriage a growing incidence of cohabitation

intimate partner violence (IPV)

Acts of verbal, physical, proximal, sexual or financial control, as well as verbal, physical or sexual aggression

domestic ship

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.

_______ and _____ of all ages are less likely to live alone than are blacks or nonHispanic whites.

Asians and Hispanics

_________ is emerging as a socially accepted alternative to marriage

Cohabitation

_________ is no longer the only way to gain adult status

Getting married

7 characteristics of cohabitors

Less educated Earn less money Less likely to own their own homes Have more permissive attitudes towards sex Have multiple living arrangements as kids European Americans have the highest rates of cohabitation today Highest cohabitation rates are among those with the least strong religious values

______ cohabitators tend to be more satisfied than ________ cohabitors

Older, younger

__________ aggression may be a stronger predictor of relationship dissolution compared to __________ aggressions

Psychological, physical

intermittent cohabitation

Relationships in which parenting couples move in together, then out, then back in.

4 stages of cohabitation

Stage 1: Vast majority of heterosexuals marry without cohabiting first Stage 2: More people cohabit, but mainly as a form of courtship before marriage Stage 3: Cohabiting becomes a socially acceptable alternative to marriage Stage 4: Cohabitation and marriage become virtually indistinguishable

cohabitation

Unmarried couples living together

Middle-aged, divorced women with careers tend to view marriage as _________ once they have gained financial and sexual independence

a bad bargain

The likelihood of living alone increases with______ for all race/ethnic groups and is markedly higher for older ______, than for older ______

age, women, men

Besides being considered a prelude or an alternative to marriage, cohabitation can also be viewed as an __________________

alternative to being single.

Other cohabiters view living together as an _____________

alternative to marriage

today, there are _______ singles as married people

as many

As American culture gives greater weight to _________, many find that singlehood is more desirable than marriage

autonomy

living apart together (LAT) is at least partly motivated by a desire to retain ________

autonomy

_________ are adult children who had previously left home but then returned

boomerangs

Pamela Smock says that marriage is increasingly being viewed as a _________

capstone

why are there more women than men today?

changes in immigration patterns and greater improvement in women's health

For both marrieds and long-term cohabiters, relationship satisfaction declines with the addition of ___________ to the household

children

the term ___________ is ordinarily used to refer to same-sex couples with a legal status somewhat like marriage

civil union

About 80,000 same-sex couples are in ___________ or registered as ________

civil unions, domestic partners

Educational and career options for ____________ have led many to postpone marriage

college- educated women

Although birth in cohabitation indicates a decision to remain together during pregnancy, it also represents a decision not to ____________-

commit to marriage

_________ are similar to fraternities or sororities

communes

__________ Enhance social support and companionship

communes

___________ are Situations or places characterized by group living

communes

cohabitation is not necessarily a __________ decision

conscious

Puerto Rican women have a long history of ___________

consensual marriages

With effective___________, sexual relationships outside marriage, without risk of unwanted pregnancy, became possible

contraception

Cohabitating tends to _________ relationship satisfaction

decrease

The term ____________ is typically used to refer to a formal status according to which same-or opposite-sex unmarried partners enjoy benefits (such as health insurance, for instance) offered by some employers, cities, counties, and states.

domestic partnership

Growing ___________ and __________ make marriage less available to many who might want to marry but feel they can't financially afford it

economic disadvantage, uncertainty

Compared to single-parent homes, children of cohabiting families do benefit ___________

economically

a better ________ helped to reduce the percentage of adults living with their parents

economy

Cohabiting parents spend less on their children's _________

education

__________is 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

emerging adulthood

why do some think young adults are unprepared for life as independent adults?

emerging adulthood

______________ considerations and the desire for _________ encourage romantically involved singles to share households in the form of communes or communal living

financial, companionship

cohabiters who do not plan to marry tend to see marriage as beyond them ___________

financially

in which state is cohabitation illegal?

florida

consensual marriage

heterosexual conjugal unions that have not gone through a legal marriage ceremony

cohabiters are less ____________ or alike in ________________ than marrieds

homogamous, social characteristics

The percentage of young adults living at home has ________ dramatically since 2000

increased

cohabiting couples are about twice as likely as marrieds to be ___________

interracial

Cohabitators are _______ likely to engage in Intimate Partner Violence as married couples and _______ likely than dating couples not living together

just as, more

civil unions

legally recognized unions explicitly intended to offer similar state-provided legal rights and benefits as marriage

Cohabitating men work ______ than married men

less

Relationship quality of "long-term" cohabiting couples (together for at least 4 years) differ_______ from marrieds in conflict levels, amount of interaction, or relationship satisfaction

little

Individuals _______ make up over 1⁄4 (27%) of U.S

living alone

____________ is an Emerging lifestyle choice in which a couple is committed to a long-term relationship but each partner maintains a separate dwelling

living apart together (LAT)

uncommitted cohabiters

living together without a serious commitment or overt future plans

having a child while cohabiting does not necessarily increase a couple's odds of staying together, conceiving a child during cohabitation and then ____________ before the baby is born apparently does increase union stability

marrying

Percentage of men and women ages 18 to 34 living with a parent or relative is higher for which sex?

men

Compared with married women, cohabiting women are more likely to earn _______ and be several years _______ than their partners

more, older

Having a cohabiting male in the household who is not the biological father appears _________ enhance adolescents' outcomes when compared with living in a single-mother household

not to

a lot of ________ people support the idea of living apart together (LAT)

older

Marriage has become less strongly defined as ________, and some singles fear a possible future divorce of their ow

permanent

The strongest piece of evidence that couples use cohabitation as a _______________ is the number of married couples who lived together first

prelude to marriage

Cohabiting relationships are relatively ________

short-term

As we saw with regard to the previous discussion about cohabitation and intimate partner violence, a good portion of the negative findings concerning cohabitation and children's outcomes can be attributed to ____________-

selection effects.

The ________ influences marital options and singlehood

sex ratio

It is now widely accepted that young people will have ___________ before marriage

sexual intercourse

single means ______

unmarried