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| If the age of marriage is rising, what is also rising proportionately with it |
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| Percentage of people never married |
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| Rising Divorce leads to increased What? |
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| What has lead to an increase in Illegitimate birhts? |
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| an Increase in unmarried woman |
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| White and Black women are trending similarly, who started the trend earlier White or Black? |
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Black women
Started in the 1950's |
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| Is there an increase or a decrease in the number of female headed households |
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| Why is there an increase in poverty with female headed house holds? |
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| With no male support mom is busy with child care because children are dependent on her, so it is hard to work enough hours |
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| When we dont have SDL it is because of |
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| Aid to Families with dependent children |
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| How does AFDC make it easier for women to have their own household |
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| Welfare is the poor woman’s alimony which substitutes for the husbands earning. |
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| What is Easterlin's Relative income theory |
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| earning potential of a family and the level of the marital aspiration.. depends on husbands wage which is the numerator, the demonimator is the experience as a child in parental homes]family income high relative to childhood |
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| What does Easterlins Theory depend on |
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Marital Strains are a result of what?
and what do they lead to |
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Economic Pressure
Leads to divorce |
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| According to Becker's theory what is begin the gradual diminution for marriage |
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| Rise in earning power for women, then growth in welfare |
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| Female marital satisfaction strongly correlates with what? |
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| With becker and Easterlins theory, which is linear and which is cyclical |
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Becker- Linear
Easterlin- Cyclical |
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| Is marriage weakinging or growing stronger as a social institute? |
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