Exam 6: Nonmarital Lifestyles

The text points out that Puerto Rican women have a long history of

What is the sex ratio ? Why is this concept important in terms of marriage?

In the early 1970s, about 70 percent of Americans thought homosexual relations were "always wrong." In 2015, about ______ percent thought so.

Mainland Puerto Ricans often define living together as a form of consensual marriage.

The level of domestic violence in cohabiting relationships is

Compared to marrieds, cohabitants pool their money __________.

Young singles choose to live with their parents for several reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of these reasons?

The proportion of young adults living with parents rose sharply between 2000 and 2012.

The proportion of middle-aged cohabiters has _____ over the past two decades.

The sex ratio is the ratio of __________ in a given society or subgroup of a society.

Sociologist Catherine Ross has suggested that we need to reconceptualize various living arrangements as a continuum of

Briefly explain sociologist Catherine Ross's reconceptualization of marital status as a continuum of social attachment .

Compared to married couples, cohabitors are all EXCEPT which of the following?

To the U.S. Census Bureau __________ simply means unmarried.

It appears that some of the increase in singlehood results from the low sex ratio and economic disadvantage.

The text points out that getting married is still the only way to gain adult status.

In 2011, nearly _____ percent of cohabiting couples lived with children under 18-either their own or those from a previous relationship or marriage.

Because of cohabiting parents' fairly common breakups, a child in a cohabiting family is likely to have a biological parent living elsewhere.

Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States had more men than women.

What is a domestic partnership ? Give at least one example.