Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Voluntary Childlessness, Open Marriage, Nuclear Family
12 Dec 2017
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Yes: married people have better mental and physical health and happiness: discuss the prevalence of and documented reasons for cohabitation and its relationship to marital success, common-law relationships. 2016 census: 21% canadian couples has increased in canada since 1980s (~6. 3%! also increasing in u. s. : Some are older, choosing cohabitation over marriage: more sex! Having sex 1/week: 71% of cohabiting couples, 60% of married couples, and 42% of single people: more divorce/separation. Cohabiting vs. non-cohabitating couples more likely to separate. Reasons: independence, liberal, less religious, pre-engagement cohabitors fare worse than post-engagement or post-marital cohabitors. Inertia: some cohabitors slide into marriage: discuss six social trends that are affecting the institution of marriage. Increased acceptance of singlehood: become a trend to be single. Reduced premium or permanence: people think of marriage as permanent but an increasing number of people regard divorce as justifiable if it fails, divorce rates have increased to almost 40 percent.
