The nurse teaching a group of students about trends that have affected the contemporary family includes: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. An increase in the median age at the time of marriage.
2. A higher percentage of marriages ending in divorce.
3. A decline in childless families.
4. Traditional nuclear families remaining the norm.
5. An increased acceptance of single women having children.
1,2,5
Rationale 1: Men are now a median age of 27.7 years and women are a median age of 26 when they first marry. These are increases over 1990 statistics.
Rationale 2: There is a higher number of marriages that end in divorce, and this trend influences the makeup and function of the contemporary family.
Rationale 3: The number of childless and child-free families has increased.
Rationale 4: The traditional nuclear family is no longer the norm in the United States.
Rationale 5: The traditional nuclear family is no longer the norm in the United States.
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