SOC101Y1 Lecture : Family Trend
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Early 1900s: single: only 12% women, 15% men for religious, financial reasons, divorce: 3 per 10,000 marriages, single parenthood, step-marriage: due to the death of spouse, extramarital children: 0. 5% Trend: marriage rate: peak in 1940s, drop in 1960s (revolution, gender issues), another peak in. 1970s (baby boom after ww2) and decline later: common-law rate: usually for poor people in the past, but things have changed after. 1960s (most common for 20s, but increased in all age groups: cohabitation - four stages. Stage4: indistinguishable from marriage: divorce: significant increase after divorce act in 1968. Individuals no longer rely on shared understandings of how to act opportunity) Transitions in the meaning of marriage: pre-transition (1850s-1960s): era of mandatory marriage. only marriage was the ticket to have a full family life. almost no cohabitation except for poor or avant garde: first transition: institutional -> companionate marriage. Supposed to be each other"s companions- friends, lovers.
