Lecture 10

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Lecture 10 11 Rosenfeld

• May 21, 2008

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The Age of Independence (1)

• Demographic changes in the post 1960 periods
• Increase young unmarried men and women being the
  heads of their own households
• Decrease co-residence with parents for unmarried
  young adults
• Increase College education
• Increase Age at first marriage
• Increase Married women in the labor force
• Increase Young men who share households with
  female partners

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The Age of Independence (2)

• Effects of the independent life stage on
  non-traditional unions
• Rise of interracial marriages and same sex
  unions very salient in the post-1960 period
• movers ? interracial or homosexual unions
• Mobility and the type of unions
• Least mobile heterosexual, same race, married
• Most mobile homosexual, interracial, cohabiting
• Effect of urban residence

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The Age of Independence (3)

• Liberalization of attitudes
• Impact of the independent life stage
• College education correlated with higher of
  approving gay sex
• Parenting educating children based on the
  principle of independence
• Increasing middle class more privacy