Explain some of the major changes that can be observed in American families since the 1960s.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Marriage rates are down and marriage is delayed.
2. Cohabitation has increased.
3. Couples have fewer children than they did in previous decades, delay childbearing (esp. among middle-class couples), and have more children in non-marital relationships than before.
4. Women have dramatically increased their labor force participation, resulting in a need for families to reconsider and negotiate how they organize breadwinning (e.g., dual-earning couples) and caregiving.
5. Same-sex couples can legally marry.
6. Households are increasingly comprised of just one person.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. true b. false
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