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Question 1

What are some of the reasons for divorce?

Answer 1

1. Prominence of individualism
2. romatic love fades
3. women are less dependent of men
4. marriage is stressful
5. children only add to the stress
6. it is more socially acceptable
7. divorce is now easier

Question 2

Who is at greatest risk of getting divorced?

Answer 2

1. young people (especially if they got engaged quickly)
2. unexpected pregnancy
3. one or both people have substance abuse problems
4. people whose parents divorced

Question 3

What is alimony?

Answer 3

Court-ordered child support payments

Question 4

What trend in there is custody cases?

Answer 4

Mothers recieving sole-custody is decreasing, joint custody is increasing

Question 5

What is a blended family?

Answer 5

composed of children and some combination of biological parents and step-parents

Question 6

Define family violence

Answer 6

emotional, physical, or sexual abuse of one family member by another

Question 7

What is the most common form of family violence?

Answer 7

Spousal abuse - 2/3 of victims are female

Question 8

There is a higher percentage of ____ who are lone parents

Answer 8

Women

Question 9

Define cohabitation

Answer 9

The sharing of a household by an unmarried couple

Question 10

The number of unmarried women in their twenties and thirties is ______

Answer 10

Increasing

Question 11

What are boomerang kids?

Answer 11

Young people who have finished post secondary schooling but return home to live with parents