marriage and family sociology chapter 14

same sex couple households account for __________ percent of US households

1

research suggests that people generally feel that their current family is _______ as close as the one they grew up with

at least as close

in general, children in ______ households benefit from a divorce

high conflict

children of divorced parents are ______ to divorce in their own marriage that children of parents who stayed married

more likely

which of the following is true of intimate partner violence (IPV)?

nearly half of all instances of IPV involve drugs or alcohol

which type of child abuse is most prevalent in the US?

neglect

a child who associates his line of descent with his fathers side is a part of a _______ society

patrilineal

couples who cohabitant before marriage are _____ couples who did not cohabitant before marriage to be married at least 10 years

slightly less likely than

current divorce rates are

steadily declining

the majority of US children live in

two parent households

according to the study cited by the US census bureau, children who live with married parents grow up with more advantages than children who live with

a single parent

sociologists tend to define family in terms of

how a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption

the median age of first marriage has ________ in the last 50 years

increased for both men and women

which is a criticism of the family life cycle model

it is too narrowly focused on a sequence of stages

a woman being married to two men would be an example of

polyandry