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In the past thirty years the majority of adult Americans have lived with their spouses and children rather than with other relatives.

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The median number of years among married couples who break up is:

A) Three years
B) Five years
C) Seven years
D) Fifteen years

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Most societies in the world and throughout history are based on patriarchy.

One's family of __________ is made up of one's father, mother, and siblings.

What factors have been found to be most important to long-term marriages according to a study of couples married 15 years or longer?

Explain how longevity is related to the divorce rate.

What is the "feminization of poverty"? Define and discuss this concept and its effects on families.

Discuss the affects on women and their families that have occurred from women entering the workforce. How have women and families benefitted from the movement of wives and mothers into the workforce?

Much of the black-white gap in educational attainment can be explained by differences in family structures.

Marriages in which the bride is pregnant have a higher risk of divorce.

Define "family" and discuss the forms and features of families today. What are the various types of family memberships called?

Discuss the effects of divorce on both women and children.

According to your authors what percentage of second marriages end in divorce?

Women who are widowed later in life have lower rates of remarriage than men their age.

What percentage of all children in families with no father present in the United States live in poverty?

Discuss the reasons that the number of single-parent, female-headed households has increased in recent years, according to sociologists.

Males tend to have higher rates of remarriage than females.

Divorce rates are higher among which group(s) of people?