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What is the most common way to meet a partner?

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Online

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Meeting a partner online has INCREASED or DECREASED?

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Increased

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What age group is more likely to meet a partner online?

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Young Adults

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How do adults respond to online dating now compared to a decade ago?

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More Positively

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Do MORE or LESS adults think online dating means you are desperate?

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LESS

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Most people live apart together _____

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By Choice

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Is living apart together INCREASING or DECREASING?

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Increasing by 13%

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Why is living apart together increasing?

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Education, careers, military, children

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Living apart is more temporary for what age group?

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Young Couples

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Why do older couples live apart together?

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Nursing homes, past lives, don’t want to start over

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Definition of Polygamy

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the practice of having more than 1 spouse

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Polyandry

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having multiple husbands

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Polygyny

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having multiple wives

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Is Polygamy legal in the U.S.?

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No

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Group Marriage

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having multiple husbands and wives

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Definition of Monogamy

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the practice of having 1 spouse

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Mutual Monogamy

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being exclusive and committed to one another

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Serial Monogamy

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being monogamous in back to back relationships

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Definition of Non-Monogamy

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being not committed to one, others are involved

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Ethical Non-Monogamy

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one or both partners being non-monogamous (they agree to it)

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Open Marriage

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agreement to have other relationships

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Cohabitation (most common pathway to marriage)

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a living arrangement where an unmarried romantic couple lives together permanently

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Is Cohabitation INCREASING or DECREASING?

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Increasing

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Living with a spouse is INCREASING or DECREASING?

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What percent of marriages are preceded by cohabitation?
75%
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What are the 3 types of Cohabitation?
1.Prelude to Marriage- steps towards marriage 2.Shotgun Cohabitation- baby on the way 3.Substitute for Marriage- final step of the relationship
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What is the top reason cohabitating couples do not get married?
Either themselves or their partner are not financially ready
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What percent of cohabitating relationships include children?
Nearly half, 46% (35% shared children, 19% previous child involved)
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Serial Cohabitaiton, who is most likely to be involved in this?
when one has cohabitated in back to back relationships, mostly seen in less educated, older couples
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What is the average length of cohabitation?
1-2 years, few last over 5 years
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What is the most common outcome of cohabitation?
It used to be marriage but now cohabitation either ends in break up or it just continues for life
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What is the risk of divorce with cohabitation?
premarital cohabitation is not related to increase divorce
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What is the largest age group of cohabitators?
young adults
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What is the largest increasing age group of cohabitators?
older adults
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The proportion of adults who are married has INCREASED or DECREASED?
decreased, only about 50% are married
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Most people DO or DO NOT want to get married?
about 58% still DO want to get married
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After WW2 marriage rates have INCREASED or DECREASED?
decreased 1946- 16.4% 2018- 6.5% 2019- 6.1% 2020- 5.1%
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Having more educated correlates to HIGHER or LOWER marriage rates?
Higher
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In 2021 what is the average age for men and women to marry?
men- 30.4 years old women- 28.6 years old
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Since the 1950s the average age to first marry has INCREASED or DECREASED?
Increased
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What are the 3 reasons people delay or forego marriage?
1. Not ready to settle down 2. Not financially ready 3. Haven't found what they're looking for
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Married people are MORE or LESS happy than unmarried people?
more
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Married people are MORE or LESS healthy than unmarried people?
more
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Married people are MORE or LESS wealthy than unmarried people?
more
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What are the married advantages for adults?
married people are happier, healthier, and wealthier than unmarried people
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Why are married people only slightly at an advantage to unmarried people?
the relationship effect and the selection effect
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Loving v. Virginia
In 1967, the US Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation laws (laws that prohibited interracial marriage) were unconstitutional
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What was Loving v. Virginia for?
stating that laws prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional
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What was the year and what state was the last to recognize interracial marriage?
2000, Alabama
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What is the public opinion on interracial marriage?
about 40% of US adults think that interracial marriage is good for society
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What sorts of people think interracial marriage is good for society?
younger adults with at least a college degree, living in an Urban area identifying as a Democrat
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Has interracial marriage been INCREASING or DECREASING?
Since 1967 it is increasing
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What ethnicities are most common to have interracial marriages?
42% White and Hispanic 15% White and Asian
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What is the Defense of Marriage Act?
defining marriage between one man and one woman
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What were the 2 components to the Defense of Marriage Act?
1. This means that what happens in one state related to same-sex marriage does not have to be accepted in another state. 2. This means that marriage is defined as only between one man and one woman.
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What supreme court cases ruled the DOMA unconstitutional?
United States v. Winsdor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
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Where was same sex marriage first legalized?
Netherlands 2001
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By 2021 how many countries legalized same sex marriage and how many countries had it banned?
29 legal, 34 banned
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Is support of same sex marriage INCREASING or DECREASING?
Increasing, 90% support in the Netherlands and 70% support in the U.S.

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