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Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Thirteen. Family Problems. 13-1. Learning Objectives. Know the ways in which the American family is changing. Discuss the functions of the family. Identify the kinds and the extent of family problems. Show how family problems affect the quality of life for family members.

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Chapter Thirteen

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  1. Chapter Thirteen Family Problems

  2. 13-1 Learning Objectives • Know the ways in which the American family is changing. • Discuss the functions of the family. • Identify the kinds and the extent of family problems. • Show how family problems affect the quality of life for family members. • Explain the ways in which social arrangements, including norms and roles, contribute to family problems. • Learn the significance of attitudes, values, and ideologies in helping to perpetuate family problems.

  3. 13-2 Focus Questions • Is the family, as we know it, doomed? • What do Americans expect from their families? • How much violence is there in families? • What are the consequences of a one-parent family or of a stepfamily? • Who have happier families, low-income people or high-income people?

  4. 13-3 Figure 13.1 Composition of American Households, 1970 to 1998 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports 1991s:6 and U.S.Bureau of Census 1999e:62.

  5. 13-4 Table 13.1 Divorces, 1950 to 1998 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census 1979:81 and 1999e:58, 110 and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1999).

  6. 13-5 Figure 13.2 Marital State and Child Well- Being in 39 Nations Source: Gohm, et al. 1998.

  7. 13-6 Table 13.2 Children under 18 Years Old, by Presence of Parents, 1970 to 1998 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census 1999e:67.

  8. 13-7 Table 13.3 Proportion of Children under 18 Living with Both Parents, by Income, 1998 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999e:68.

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