Ch 9

Question 1

open to marriage but place a lower priority on searching

for mates

Answer 1

Voluntary temporary singles

Question 2

satisfied with choice not to marry; not seeking mates

Answer 2

Voluntary stable singles

Question 3

would like to marry and are actively seeking a mate

Answer 3

Involuntary temporary singles

Question 4

would like to marry or remarry but haven’t found a suitable mate and accept their single status as permanent

Answer 4

Involuntary stable singles

Question 5

Reasons for hooking up/FWB: (3)

Answer 5

1. Not ready for longer term relationships
2. More comfortable with sex than intimacy
3. Men more likely to have more pleasure during hook-up

Question 6

Why is singlehood increasing? (4)

- Results from:

Answer 6

1. Cohabiting
2. Children born outside marriage
3. Divorce is more acceptable
4. Widows less likely to remarry
   - Marriage Squeeze, eco. stability is a prerequisite for marriage

Question 7

Advantages of cohabitation: (5)

Answer 7

1. emotional security, but independent
2. eco. advantages, but still independent financially
3. can end relationship easily
4. flexibility and adaptability of gender roles
5. may be less scrutinized than marriage

Question 8

Disadvantages of cohabitation: (

1. _ and _ of commitment - i.e. _ and _ must be _.
2. children: have _ rights than those of children of a married couple; concerns about effects of _ _
3. _ more advantageous to marry
4. “living apart together” means..

Answer 8

1. ambiguity, impermanence, fidelity, mutual obligations, negotiated
2. less, serial cohabitation
3. legally
   4.

Question 9

What type of cohabitation is transforming marriage as a social institution?

Answer 9

substitute marriage

Question 10

How can we explain why couples who cohabit are more likely to get divorced? (3)

Answer 10

1. the selection effect
2. the cohabitation effect
3. the inertia effect

Question 11

suggests
that people who cohabit before marriage have dif-
ferent characteristics than those who do not

Answer 11

the selection effect

Question 12

Through cohabitation, people may come to accept the temporary nature of relationships and to view cohabitation as an alternative to marriage; Cohabitants who are independent and used to having their own way, for example, may be quick to leave a marriage

Answer 12

the cohabitation effect

Question 13

drift into marriage, rather than making a conscious decision and commitment, because couple often makes numerous decisions that make it more difficult to break up

Answer 13

the inertia effect

Question 14

War, technology, social movements
Eco factors
Change in gender roles

Answer 14

Macro reasons why singles are increasing