FAD2230 Chapter 13 Questions and Answers
Remarriage - Answer-a. ten years older than first marriage
b. lack of norms found in regular families
Factors that influence the odds of remarriage - Answer-a. Children
i. Lower the likelihood of remarriage for both men and women.
ii. The impact o...
FAD2230 Chapter 13 Questions and
Answers
Remarriage - Answer-a. ten years older than first marriage
b. lack of norms found in regular families
Factors that influence the odds of remarriage - Answer-a. Children
i. Lower the likelihood of remarriage for both men and women.
ii. The impact of children is great on women's probability of remarriage.
b. Age
i. Works against women
Stability of Remarriages - Answer-a. Remarriages dissolve at higher rates than first
marriages, especially for remarried couples with stepchildren.
b. People tend to get subsequent divorces in less time that it took for them to obtain
their first divorce within five years of remarriage.
Figure 13.4 probability of 2nd marriage disruption by duration of remarriage, women
ages 15-44 - Answer-a. At 1yr of remarriage, the divorce rates of whites, blacks, and
Hispanics are about the same
b. Blacks are most likely to have 2nd marriages end in divorce
c. Hispanics are least likely
d. Whites are somewhere in the middle
e. After 10yrs of remarriage= 48% black, 39% white, and 29% Hispanics have divorced
again
Blended Family (or reconstituted family) - Answer-Another term for stepfamily; a family
that may consist of stepparents, stepsiblings, or half-siblings
Siblings - Answer-Children who share both biological parents
Stepsiblings - Answer-Children not biologically related but whose parents are married to
one another
Half-siblings - Answer-A child who shares one biological parent with another child
Mutual Child(ren) - Answer-The child (or children) born to a couple that has remarried
Residential Step-Child(ren) - Answer-A child (or children) living in the household with a
remarried couple more than half of the time
Remarriage Statistics - Answer-a. Remarriages make up approximately half of all
marriages (46%).
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