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FAD2230 Chapter 13 Exam | Questions And Answers Latest {2024- 2025} A+ Graded |100% Verified
Remarriage Statistics - a. Remarriages make up approximately half of all marriages (46%).
b. The majority of remarriages are second marriages
c. 75% of divorced women remarry within 10 years, 83%, after 15 years.
d. The average divorced person who remarries does so within 4 years after divorce; 30% do so within 1
year.
Repartnering - the act of entering into a relationship after a divorce, which may lead to cohabitation or
marriage
Figure 13.1 likelihood of cohabitation by length of time since divorce, women ages 15-44 - a. The longer
the time since a divorce, the more likely people are to cohabit
i. About 2/3 of remarrying women under age 45 have cohabited with a partner between their first and
second marriages
ii. Whites are most likely to cohabit after a divorce
iii. Blacks are least likely to cohabit regardless of how much time has passed since the separation or
divorce
Differences: Courtship - a. Courtship before remarriage may differ from courtship before first marriage
in that:
i. Proceed much more rapidly.
ex. Older, know what you want/don't want, know what works for you/doesn't work.
ii. More cautious with the partners.
ex. Fear of falling in another relationship
iii. Earlier, more sexual component.
ex. May include outings with the children and evenings at home as partners seek to recapture their
accustomed domesticity.
, Table 13.2 probability of Remarriage by duration of divorce, women ages 15-44 - a. The majority of
divorced women remarry within 5 yrs.
b. Younger women, high school graduates, and women with higher incomes are most likely to remarry
c. 39% of women remarry within 3yrs after a divorce
d. 54% are remarried after 5 yrs
e. by 10 yrs after a divorce, ¾ of women have remarried
Figure 13.3 probability of remarriages by duration of divorce by race/ethnicity, women ages 15-44 - a.
Whites are more likely than blacks or Hispanics to remarry after a divorce
b. By 5 yrs after a divorce, more than half of white women have remarried
i. 1/3 of black women have remarried
ii. 44% of Hispanic women have remarried
c. minority groups are less likely to remarry b/c there is often a shortage of available marriageable men,
particularily in inner-city urban areas
double standard of aging - the view that women's attractiveness and feminity decline with age, but
men's attractiveness and masculinity do not decline
Remarriage - a. ten years older than first marriage
b. lack of norms found in regular families
Factors that influence the odds of remarriage - 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 - 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.
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