Chapter 9

1. Chapter 9 Being Single, Living Alone, Cohabitating and Other Options

2. Chapter Outline • The Unmarried: Reasons for Their Increasing Numbers • Income and Singlehood • The Various Living Arrangements of Unmarrieds • Singlehood and Life Satisfaction

3. Unmarried Adults As a % of All Adults

5. Sex Ratios in the United States

6. The Desire to Stay Single: Never-Married, Noncohabiting Individuals

7. The Desire to Stay Single: Never-Married, Noncohabiting Individuals

8. Increasing Number of Singles • Represents a return to long-term patterns of late marriage at the turn of the century. • Results from economic disadvantage and/or a low sex ratio, which prevent a portion of the population from marrying. • Results from changing attitudes toward marriage and singlehood.

9. African American Singles • Proportion of married African Americans has declined from 64% in 1970 to 42% in 2002. • Black men have high mortality rates and are more likely to be imprisoned or in the military. • Rate of homosexuality of black men exceeds that of black women.

10. African American Singles • More African American men than women have partners of other races. • Choices are limited for black women wanting black men as marriage partners. • College educated black women have difficulty finding black mates of similar educational background.

11. Median Annual Household Income of Singles Compared with Marrieds

12. Young Adults Living with One or Both Parents

13. Young Adults Living with One or Both Parents

14. Young Adults Living with One or Both Parents

15. % of U.S. Households with Children Under 18, 2000

17. % of people over 19 years old living alone, 2002

18. Characteristics of Unmarried-Couple Households

19. Quick Quiz

20. 1. The text cites four social factors that may encourage young people today to postpone marriage or not to marry at all. Which of the following is NOT one of these? • changes in the economy • improved contraception • the threat of rising divorce rates • changing attitudes toward marriage and singlehood

21. Answer: c • The text cites four social factors that may encourage young people today to postpone marriage or not to marry at all. The threat of rising divorce rates is NOT one of these.

22. 2. A majority of young adults experience less parental pressure to marry than in the past. • True • False

23. Answer: True • A majority of young adults experience less parental pressure to marry than in the past.

24. Gays and lesbians are likely to adopt traditional masculine and feminine roles in their relationships • True • False

25. Answer: False • Gays and lesbians are not likely to adopt traditional masculine and feminine roles in their relationships.

26. 4. Which of the following work against black couples marrying? • the unequal sex ratio among African Americans • black women’s high rates of unemployment • the low rate of military service among African Americans • the high rate of underemployment among African American women

27. Answer: a • The unequal sex ratio among African Americans works againstblack couples marrying.