HD 204 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture I What is Family II Marriage III Divorce Rates and Remarriage IV Children and Other V Economic Issues Current Lecture I II What is Family a There is no one right way to be a family b There is no one right way to communicate in families c There is no one agreed upon definition of the term family d Families are dynamic diverse changing resilient unique and yet similar in many ways e Definition of Family Family refers to networks of people who share their lives over long periods of time bound by ties of marriage blood law or commitment legal or otherwise who consider themselves as family and who share a significant history and anticipated future of functioning in a family relationship Pg 8 in text book f Families of experience Current family Family of origin g U S families today Cohabitation A majority of couples cohabit before marrying Of the couples that cohabitate half eventually marry half separate Marriage a Most people still marry b A smaller portion of the population is married c Trends Trend for being married since 1960 s has gone down Trend for never being married since 1960 s has gone up d Lifetime marriages last longer than they used to These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute e f g h III IV V Age at first marriage has increased Inter racial marriage more common 2 of marriage in 1960 vs 15 in 2008 More same sex couples reporting they are married Variation by class and race ethnicity Those with income 3x the poverty line are twice as likely to be married as those with incomes below the poverty line Divorce Rates and Remarriage a Between 40 50 percent of all U S marriages will end in divorce b The average length of a first marriage ending in divorce is 8 years c Divorce rates are stabilizing dropping d Risk of divorce Having an annual income of over 50 000 reduces the risk of divorce by 30 Waiting to marry after 25 years old reduces divorce rate by 24 Teens that marry under 20 are at a 50 risk of divorce If your parents are happily married this reduces your risk of divorce by 14 Strong religious beliefs reduces risk of divorce by 14 If you attend college it reduces your risk of divorce by 13 Women living below the poverty line are more likely to experience divorce than non poor women 44 vs 29 e Remarriage 75 of those who divorce will remarry 15 of marriages involve one partner remarrying Children and Other a Adoption 2 under age 18 adopted in 2007 of those adopted by relatives Today open adoption is the most common form of adoption b Boomerang kids Kids who move out and then return home to live with their parents again 40 of adult children return home c Gay and Lesbian couples 1 coupled households are gay and lesbian in American In 2000 33 lesbian women lived with children while 22 of gay men lived with children d Multigenerational Families Grandparent living in the same house as their kids and grandkids Less common in US than other countries 18 children who have a single parent also live with a grandparent Economic Issues a Married mothers increasingly likely to work 61 of women with kids under age 6 vs 19 in 1960 Split shift parenting one parent gets day shift one parent gets night shift 50 of American parents feel they spend too little time with their children b Poverty 1 in 5 children live in poverty Single parent 2 kids 17 607 Two parents 2 kids 22 162 Over half of young children in female headed households live in poverty 41 of children live in low income families 1 in 50 children experience homelessness each year c Racial Ethnic diversity Immigrant families have a higher fertility rates 11 foreign born 23 of children have at least one immigrant parent Children of immigrants are more likely to live with two parents Children of immigrants are more likely to live in low income or poor households