CFD 1450 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Heredity, Trust Law, Socioeconomic Status
CFD 1450
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
History of Divorce
• Established in a religious tradition then moved to a more secular tradition
• People can marry in either a church or not in a church to develop their households
4 Elements of Traditional Divorce Law
1. Gender-division of roles and responsibilities
2. Required grounds for divorce
• Has to be a reason for divorce
• A logical reason
3. Based on adversarial proceedings
4. Financial terms were built on fault
No Fault Divorce
• California was the first state to pass this
• Based on “irreconcilable differences”
• Changed each of the four basic elements of traditional divorce law
Crude Divorce Rate
• How many people in the population at any age divorce in the last year
• Between 1920 and 1950 divorce nearly doubled
• In 1970 and 1980 divorce spikes again
• Since 1990 there has been a steady decrease in divorce
• Still relatively high though
Reasons It Has Declined in The Past 30 Years
• Less people getting married
• Increase in never married
• Fewer marriages
• Increase in cohabitation
• First marriages are taking place later
• Remarriage is becoming less common
Social Factors Associated with Divorce
1. Changes in divorce law
2. Changes in social, religious, and moral sanctions
3. Economic
4. Social integration
Demographic Factors Associated with Divorce
1. Socioeconomic status
• Low status jobs and low education and low income
o More likely to divorce
• High status, good education
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o More stability
• Education level
• Glick effect:
o People with an incomplete education
▪ Someone who started high school or college and didn't finish
o More likely to divorce than people who have a complete degree level
▪ Especially focused towards women
▪ Because women are more likely to drop out
2. Ethnicity
• Highest divorce rate
o African Americans
▪ 1 ½ times more likely to divorce
• Latino
o Lower divorce rates
• Portage can
o Have similar divorce rate as African Americans
3. Religion
• More religious means typically more stable in relationship
• Lowest divorce rate
o Catholicism
o Asian faiths
o Mormons
o Jewish
• Religiously homogenous relationship
o Both people in the relationship are in the same religion
o Both are catholic or Christians
4. Age of marriage
• Older you marry the more stable relationship is
5. Premarital pregnancy
6. Fertility within marriage
• First 12 months after first child divorce rate drops to zero
• After that divorce rate goes back to normal
• People have sons have less likely to divorce than having daughter
o Easier to care for
o Father tend to be more involved with sons
7. Marriage order and stabilization
• Second marriage are 25% more likely to divorce than first marriage
• First marriage is the most stable
8. History or parental divorce
• Children who had divorced parents are more likely to divorce
o They see it as an option
Theoretical explanations of divorce
1. Deviance perspective- traditional approach
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Document Summary
History of divorce: established in a religious tradition then moved to a more secular tradition, people can marry in either a church or not in a church to develop their households. 4 elements of traditional divorce law: gender-division of roles and responsibilities, required grounds for divorce, has to be a reason for divorce, a logical reason, based on adversarial proceedings, financial terms were built on fault. No fault divorce: california was the first state to pass this, based on irreconcilable differences , changed each of the four basic elements of traditional divorce law. Crude divorce rate: how many people in the population at any age divorce in the last year, between 1920 and 1950 divorce nearly doubled, since 1990 there has been a steady decrease in divorce, still relatively high though. Reasons it has declined in the past 30 years.
