Midterm Flashcards
What is the “Very Satisfied with Marriage” Boost in Happiness percentage?
219%
Young adults who grew up with their married mother and father have odds of graduating from an elite college that are ____, compared to non-intact
72% higher
What is the divorce rate for first marriages now?
39%
in 1960, ___% of Americans were married. Now, it is ___%
68%, 50%
What percent of collegiate women reported a sexual assault?
14%
What percent of college students report hooking up over college career?
40-64%
College women’s age at first marriage rose from ___ in 1970 to ____ in 2018
21 to 28
College men’s age at first marriage rose from ___ in 1970 to ____ in 2018
23 to 30
In the PEW study, ___% of parents say it is very important to them that their children work. ___% of parents say it is very important to them that their children get married.
88%, 21%
What is the college sex ratio at UVA?
56% women, 44% men
___ in ___ students say relationships are “traumatic” or “difficult to handle”
1 in 3
What percent of those who will marry are married by 30?
50%
The annual income premium for college (___), grad school (___), compared to HS graduate
23k, 42k
Marriage takes place for about ___% of Americans
70%
Early husbands (20-24): ___% have sexual satisfaction.
Later husbands (25+): ___% are good at conflict resolution
Early husbands (20-24): ___% have relationship satisfaction
63%, 58%, 81%
Women who cohabited with 2 or more men prior to marriage are ___% more likely to divorce, compared to women who only cohabited with their future spouse
130%
Today, ___% of children born outside of wedlock.
40%
___% of marriages now preceded by cohabitation in U.S.
70%
Cohabitation without engagement is linked to a ___% higher divorce risk
30%
Women who cohabited with other men ___ times as likely to end up divorced
2 times
It is estimated that a ___% decline in marriage rate can be attributed to cohabitation.
75%
More than ___% of children now spend time in cohabitating households*
40%
Instability for children increases by ___ times between cohabitating vs. married parents
3 times
Children born to cohabitating parents are ___% more likely to see their parents split by age 15, compared to children born to married parents in Sweden.
75%
