The Decline of Marriage and Rise of New Families

Sonst. Personen	Taylor, Paul (Hrsg.)
Institution	Pew Research Center
Titel	The Decline of Marriage and Rise of New Families
Quelle	(2010), (122 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Marriage; Family Structure; Census Figures; Trend Analysis; Surveys; Social Attitudes; Sex Role; Generational Differences; Child Rearing; National Surveys; Interviews; Adults; Public Opinion; Employed Women; Mothers; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Status; Political Issues; Religion; Foreign Countries; Life Satisfaction; Marital Status; Family Life; United States; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehe; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Volkszählung; Trendanalyse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Geschlechterrolle; Kindererziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Öffentliche Meinung; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Mother; Mutter; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Politischer Faktor; Ausland; Lebensvollendung; Familienstand; USA; Europa
Abstract	Social institutions that have been around for thousands of years generally change slowly, when they change at all. But that's not the way things have been playing out with marriage and family since the middle of the 20th Century. Some scholars argue that in the past five decades, the basic architecture of these age-old institutions has changed as rapidly as at any time in human history. This Pew Research Center report, done in association with TIME, sets out to illuminate these changes by using two complementary research methodologies: a nationwide survey of 2,691 adults we conducted from Oct.1-21, 2010; and our analysis of a half century of demographic and economic data, drawn mainly from the U.S. Census. The trend analysis is designed to show how Americans' behaviors related to marriage and family have changed since 1960. The survey is intended to help explain why these changes have happened and what the public makes of them. As the reader will discover, the survey reveals a public that is suspended between acceptance and unease--welcoming some changes, disapproving of others. However, this collective society-wide ambivalence is an amalgam of different views by different demographic sub-groups--including those defined by class, age, race, gender, religion and marital and family circumstance. The report takes on a wide range of intriguing questions. Is marriage becoming obsolete? Why have marriage rates dropped more for some groups than others--and to what extent does the growing marriage gap align with a growing economic gap? How much have gender roles within marriage changed? When it comes to marriage, does love trump money? Are today's marriages closer than those of a generation ago? What does the public think about the decoupling of marriage from parenthood? How does it define family? Following an executive summary, this report contains five sections. Section 1: Overview (Kim Parker); Section 2: Marriage (Paul Taylor and Wendy Wang); Section 3: Family (Richard Morin); Section 4: Children (Juliana Menasce Horowitz); Section 5: New Family Types (D'Vera Cohn). Four appendices are included: (1) Glossary; (2) Topline Questionnaire); (3) Survey Methodology; and (4) Additional Demographic Tables. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01