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| Name the nine characteristics of marriage according to Broderick. |
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Definition
-Marriage is a demographic event.
-Marriage is the joining of two families and social networks.
-Marriage is a legal contract between the couple and the state.
-Marriage is an economic union.
-Marriage is the most common living arrangement for adults.
-Marriage is the context of most human sexual activity.
-Marriage is a reproductive unit.
-Marriage is a unit that socializes children.
-Marriage is an opportunity to develop an intimate, sharing relationship. |
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Term
| What are the advantages of marriages. |
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Definition
-A longer life
-better health and healthier lifestyle
- more money and wealth
- a better sexual relationship
-less domestic abuse for women
-more successful children |
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Term
| What is the impact of the social environment in relationships? Think of shape vs. being shaped. |
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Definition
| All the factors, both positive and negative, in society that impact individuals and their relationships, such as mass media, the Internet, changing gender roles, and growing urban crowding. |
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Term
| What is urban migration and overcrowding trends? |
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Definition
| Trucks and tractors replaced horses and mules, farms got bigger, and the number of farmers and farm families declined steadily over the years. More people are moving away from the large cities to smaller communities within commuting distance. |
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Term
| What doe the internet use and the Census Bureau have to do with each other? |
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Definition
-people 35 to 54 years of age use the Internet more than other adult age groups.
-Men and women use the Internet about equally.
-Married people use the Internet more than single people.
-College graduates are more likely to use the Internet that people who do hot have college degrees. |
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