FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Extended Family, Social Exchange Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Shayna Sparling

Document Summary

Break ups don"t have to leave you feeling broken. Before confederation divorce required a parliamentary act. Acceptable grounds: adultery or 7 years of desertion. Acceptable grounds breakdown of marriage + 3 years of separation. 1985 amended to 1 year of separation. Marriage is less important as an institution. Age at marriage before 25 more likely to get divorce within first 5 years. Birth of a child reduces likelihood of divorce in the year after birth. Intergenerational effect children of divorce are more likely to get a divorce as well. In the past 100 years, divorce has gone from being socially stigmatized to a relatively normative life event. Annual income > 000, risk reduced by 30% Getting married after 25, risk reduced by 24% Parents happily married, risk reduced by 14% 70% of marriages in 90"s have stayed together. 5% increase that made it to 15th anniversary.