Midterm

Question 1

What is the “Very Satisfied with Marriage” Boost in Happiness percentage?

Answer 1

219%

Question 2

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

Answer 2

72% higher

Question 3

What is the divorce rate for first marriages now?

Answer 3

39%

Question 4

in 1960, ___% of Americans were married. Now, it is ___%

Answer 4

68%, 50%

Question 5

What percent of collegiate women reported a sexual assault?

Answer 5

14%

Question 6

What percent of college students report hooking up over college career?

Answer 6

40-64%

Question 7

College women’s age at first marriage rose from ___ in 1970 to ____ in 2018

Answer 7

21 to 28

Question 8

College men’s age at first marriage rose from ___ in 1970 to ____ in 2018

Answer 8

23 to 30

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

88%, 21%

Question 10

What is the college sex ratio at UVA?

Answer 10

56% women, 44% men

Question 11

___ in ___ students say relationships are “traumatic” or “difficult to handle”

Answer 11

1 in 3

Question 12

What percent of those who will marry are married by 30?

Answer 12

50%

Question 13

The annual income premium for college (___), grad school (___), compared to HS graduate

Answer 13

23k, 42k

Question 14

Marriage takes place for about ___% of Americans

Answer 14

70%

Question 15

Early husbands (20-24): ___% have sexual satisfaction.
Later husbands (25+): ___% are good at conflict resolution
Early husbands (20-24): ___% have relationship satisfaction

Answer 15

63%, 58%, 81%

Question 16

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

Answer 16

130%

Question 17

Today, ___% of children born outside of wedlock.

Answer 17

40%

Question 18

___% of marriages now preceded by cohabitation in U.S.

Answer 18

70%

Question 19

Cohabitation without engagement is linked to a ___% higher divorce risk

Answer 19

30%

Question 20

Women who cohabited with other men ___ times as likely to end up divorced

Answer 20

2 times

Question 21

It is estimated that a ___% decline in marriage rate can be attributed to cohabitation.

Answer 21

75%

Question 22

More than ___% of children now spend time in cohabitating households*

Answer 22

40%

Question 23

Instability for children increases by ___ times between cohabitating vs. married parents

Answer 23

3 times

Question 24

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.

Answer 24

75%