divorce, remarriage, and blended families

Question 1

marital dissolution

Answer 1

the end of a marriage through permanent separation or divorce

Question 2

separation

Answer 2

the formal or informal separation of married spouses into different households

Question 3

divorce

Answer 3

the legal dissolution of marriage according to the laws of the state

Question 4

annulment of marriage

Answer 4

a legal or religious determination that the marriage was never valid

Question 5

in 2021, how many estimated divorces were there in the US?

Answer 5

900,000

Question 6

the crude divorce rate

Answer 6

2.8 divorces for every 1,000 peoplet

Question 7

the refined divorce rate

Answer 7

13 divorces for every 1,000 married couples

Question 8

the divorce-marriage ratio

Answer 8

1 divorce for every 2.3 marriages in a single year in the country, or 44% as many divorces as marriages

Question 9

changes in the crude divorce rate

Answer 9

increase after the great depression, decrease after WWII, increase after california’s no-fault divorce law, increase after covid 19?

Question 10

odds of divorce

Answer 10

between 40% and 50%

Question 11

no-fault divorce

Answer 11

couples could get a legal divorce without accusations of wrongdoing, infidelity, abuse, or desertion

Question 12

percentage of married people who divorced (education, race/ethnicity, times, years)

Answer 12

lowest for BAs, highest for Black and American Indian, more divorces = more likely, more years = less likely

Question 13

independence effect of employment

Answer 13

when people have the economic means to survive on their own, they are more likely to leave unhappy marriages

Question 14

income effect of employment

Answer 14

women’s independence can also strengthen marriages, couples where spouses have higher education are less likely to divorce

Question 15

overall, the divorce rate is…

Answer 15

falling

Question 16

after a divorce, what happens to per-person incomes?

Answer 16

women’s and children’s decreases, men’s increases

Question 17

are divorced people generally less happy?

Answer 17

yes, but it is unknown why

Question 18

what happens to life satisfaction during divorce?

Answer 18

declined beginning about 5 years before the divorce, but rebounded beginning about 1.5 years later

Question 19

how does divorce affects children?

Answer 19

negatively affects school performance, happiness, mental health, and parental relationships

Question 20

stressful aspects of the divorce process that can increase negative outcomes include…

Answer 20

less parenting time and energy, losing contact with a parent, witnessing conflict, residential moves, and economic hardship

Question 21

protective factors that help prevent negative effects include…

Answer 21

good coping skills, economic and educational resources, continued involvement of both parents, and diminished conflict

Question 22

blended family

Answer 22

any family that includes stepparents, stepsiblings, or half-siblings

Question 23

boundary ambiguity

Answer 23

the situation in which family members do not know or agree on who is in the family and what role each person plays

Question 24

blended family differences across racial-ethnic groups

Answer 24

latino couples have low divorce rates, but are likely to remarry
asian americans have low rates of single parenthood and divorce