1. Describe three examples of the new patterns that have emerged within the institution of the family in the Unites States in the last 50 years.
What will be an ideal response?
• The share of U.S. adults over age eighteen who have never married is at a historic high.
• Two-parent households have decreased significantly, while divorce, remarriage, and cohabitation are on the rise.
• About one in six children lives in a blended family.
• Important changes in the roles of mothers and fathers have taken place as more women have entered the full-time workforce, and many more women have become the only, or primary, breadwinner in the family.
• Fathers have taken on more roles in the household, including child care and housework.
• Living with one or both parents is a common living arrangement for young adults between eighteen and thirty-four, rather than living with a spouse or partnerin their own residence
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