SOCL 2505 Chapter : Chapter 12 Notes
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Linkage between education and divorce/income level: women"s employment. Independence effect employment would raise likelihood of divorce because it raised opportunities for a women to support herself; divorce more attractive to women. Increased family income, relieved family stress: economic opportunity effect increased divorce rate, appears to be more powerful than income effect. How divorce affects children: children do not choose their parents" divorce. Legal custody: right to make important decisions about the children and the obligation to have legal responsibility for them: physical custody: right of a divorced spouse to have one"s children live with him/her. Joint legal custody: both parents retain responsibility and decision-making about child. Joint physical custody: arrangement where child spends substantial time in both parents" households: contact and co-parenting, court generally tend to choose what"s best for child, generally the mother gets the children. In reality, most children still remain in care of their mothers most of the time: creates an imbalance with women having more responsibilities.
