Fsw 466 Exam 1

Front 1

Family ties in later life are a culmination of 4 things:

Back 1

1. lifetime of decisions
2. roads taken and not taken
3. changing times
4. social ties

Front 2

2 mains ways people lose and gain relationships:

Back 2

1. Death and Divorce
2. Birth and Marriage

Front 3

3 historical myths and why they aren't true:

Back 3

1. elderly are neglected
-not true because they are cared for by the government and by families. This is a myth of the media mostly.

2. People in 1800s lived in multigenerational housing.
a. life expectancy was 40-45
b. mortality rate (death rate) was high (leading cause of death was pneumonia)
c. country had lots of immigrants (didn't bring grandparents with them)

3. The higher the income, less coresidence (true today but not then)
-if there was enough money, families took care of members
-if not, family went to poor house
-if there was coresidence, 2 reasons:
1. inheritance laws (oldest son)
2. dependence (youngest daughter)

Front 4

How the nuclear family is starting to look like the extended family.

Back 4

modified extended family

Front 5

4 Things about later life families today:

Back 5

1. if there is a high income, they live alone

2. modified extended family

3. demands on family are high

4. change is inevitable

Front 6

2 reasons why the demands on family are higher today:

Back 6

1. people live longer (life expectancy)

2. dysfunctional family

Front 7

Basic theory examines 5 things:

Back 7

1. life course
2. examine all relationships
3. need to go beyond traditional family
4. social structure
5. cultural norms

Front 8

4 main areas of study:

Back 8

1. availability of kin
2. extent of contact
3. is support a factor?
4. what is quality of family relations?

Front 9

2 reasons men have higher rates of marriage in later life:

Back 9

1. life expectancy
2. homecoming dance effect

Front 10

As high as __% of men will be married at any time given time in later life.

As high as __% of women will be married at any given time in later life

Back 10

80%

55%

Front 11

Ages 65+ - Marriage

Age Men Women
65-74
75-84
85+
Average

Back 11

65-74 80 50
75-84 75 30
85+ 50 10
Average 75 40

Front 12

Age 65+ Widow

Age Men Women
65-74
75-84
85+
Average

Back 12

Age Men Women
65-74 10 30
75-84 20 60
85+ 40 80
Average 30 50

Front 13

Married by race (age 75-84)

Men Women
White
Hispanic
Black

Back 13

Men Women
White 70 30
Hispanic 60 20
Black 50 20

-blacks more likely to divorce

Front 14

Widowed by Race (75-84)

Men Women
White
Hispanic
Black

Back 14

Men Women
White 20 60
Hispanic 22 60
Black 28 70

-Heart disease and diabetes more prevalent in blacks

Front 15

6 facts about divorce:

Back 15

1. 65+ have 7% rate
2. men more likely to remarry
3. growing acceptance of divorce
4. black culture were first ones to realize getting a divorce was better than a bad marriage
5. divorce affects as many as 3 generations
6. numbers are rising

Front 16

why is there a growing acceptance for divorce?

Back 16

1. woman can support herself
2. laws make it easier
3. abuse

Front 17

-65+ % of singles

-trends: great % of singles age __ and under than every before. Why? (3)

Back 17

-4%

-44
a. people get married later
b. more people choose to be single
c. co-habitation: straight, gay, or lesbian

Front 18

7 facts about children age 65+

Back 18

1. birthrates have declined
2. 80% have kids
3. no one wants to admit to outliving their children
4. average is 2 kids over all age groups
5. childless 80-85+ is really high. Why? Great depression
6. no one thinks about who will care for me....my kids
7. 4 is an odd number

Front 19

3 aspects of grandparents:

Back 19

1. 80% of people 35+ have 3 generations
2. 19-26 age - 75% have at least 1 grandparent
3. 19-26 age- 20% have 3 grandparents

Front 20

__% of all ages have a sibling

Back 20

90

Front 21

Living arrangements (65+)

Back 21

1. 5% live in nursing homes
2. 80% of men live with fam
3. 55% of women live with fam

Front 22

4 categories more likely to be in a nursing home:

Back 22

1. older women
2. few kids
3. non-married
4. whites
-black population more likely to find paid homecare of family or no care

Front 23

4 Reasons young people might live with parents:

Back 23

1. they never left home
2. divorce
3. unemployment
4. disability

Front 24

-more women/men live alone than men
-__% of women 65+ live alone, ___% men

Back 24

-women
-40, 20

Front 25

Age 65+, ___ culture more likely to live with fam

Back 25

-hispanic

Front 26

-more children means increase probability of _______
-Only child, more likely ______

Back 26

-at least one child living at home
-parents move in with child

Front 27

4 reasons for living arrangements (living together)

Back 27

1. economic (more likely with less money)
2. health
3. family ties
4. culture

Front 28

accumulation

Back 28

where older residents are left behind in communities that younger residents leave in order to find more prosperous locations

Front 29

congregation

Back 29

people have money, go to FL, AR, TX

Front 30

why do elderly live alone?

Back 30

Want independence (descendant from Europe)

Front 31

rank health in relation to marital status:

Back 31

1. marriage
2. single
3. widow
4. divorced
5. separated

Front 32

single older people are more/less likely to live with someone else than a widow

Back 32

more

Front 33

low moral of widow is due to __ and not necessarily ____

Back 33

loss, loneliness

Front 34

Happiness in relation to marital status:

Back 34

1. Marriage
2. co-habitating
3. single
4. separated
5. divorced
6. widow

Front 35

sex with a partner:

-45-60
-over 75
-60+

Back 35

-45-60 60% once a week
-over 75 25% once a week
-60+ 75% once a week

Front 36

sex if no partner (60+)

females:
males:

Back 36

females: 1% once a week
males: 6% once a week

Front 37

by age 70, sex in past month:

Married men:
unmarried men:
Married females:
Unmarried females:

-why higher for men?

Back 37

Married men: 47%
unmarried men: 31%
Married females: 43%
Unmarried females: 3%

Front 38

gay stats:

men 60+ __% sexually active once a week

Back 38

-40%

Front 39

serial monogamy:

Back 39

faithful to current partner

Front 40

serial monogamy is stronger in whom?

Back 40

gay population

Front 41

4 reasons why there is more sexual satisfaction over 50:

Back 41

1. more free time
2. kids are gone
3. no fear of pregnancy
4. enjoy sex beyond basic intercourse

Front 42

2 reasons why there would be decreased sexual satisfaction after 50?

Back 42

1. physical problems
2. lack of interest

Front 43

sexual invisibility

Back 43

feeling of not being seen sexually by society. hits women more, especially lesbian women.

Front 44

-aging leads to greater ____ in marriage
-3 reasons for that

Back 44

-interdependency
-1. fewer social contacts
2. fewer leasure activities
3. romance increases

Front 45

2 main reasons for trouble spots in later marriage:

Back 45

1. different values and philosophies
2. lack of mutual interests

Front 46

-___% have sex once a week
-65+ ___% have chance of divorce

Back 46

-50%
-7%

Front 47

-Age 45-60, sex once a week or more __
-age 70, married men sex in the last month ___

Back 47

-60%
-47%

Front 48

successful marriages are based on 4 things:

Back 48

1. enjoying each other's company
2. being committed to partner and marriage as an institution
3. humor
4. holding similar views/values

Front 49

-unmarried men retire ____
-Married women retire ____

Back 49

-earlier
-earlier

Front 50

aging leads to less gender differences:
-4 changes in males
-3 changes in females

Back 50

-1. greater sensitivity
2. family affiliation
3. passivity
4. introspection

-1. increased aggressiveness
2. dominance
3. assertiveness

Front 51

___ ___ of chorse is the key to marital success

Back 51

perceived fairness

Front 52

5 facts of retirement

Back 52

1. lower marriage satisfaction if husband retires and wife is still employed
2. higher marriage satisfaction if wife retires and husband is still employed
3. prestigious career for wife decreases satisfaction
4. prestigious career for husband increases satisfaction
5. when both retire, no problems

Front 53

declining health, 4 things

Back 53

1. good health of self enhances happiness
2. for men, good health of spouse enhances happiness
3. men with wife in poor health decreases happiness
4. wife with husband in poor health only lowers satisfaction if her husband is unhappy

Front 54

3 things about ill partners:

Back 54

1. doesn't like being ill
2. don't like being needy
3. doesn't like compliance expected for care

Front 55

4 things about helper partner:

Back 55

1. feels responsibility to provide help
2. needs acknowledgement for sacrifices
3. needs time for self
4. loss of social outlets

Front 56

gay partners (caregiving): (3 things)

Back 56

1. shared risk involved
2. survival guilt is much higher
3. isolation from family

Front 57

older couples who marry, low ___ ___ with illness involved

Back 57

success rate

Front 58

75+ say "___ ___ ___"

Back 58

lets just survive

Front 59

If wife becomes ill and husband cares for her ____

Back 59

Mr. Wonderful

Front 60

fictive kin

Back 60

closest friends who are not blood relatives but are considered family

Front 61

recomposition

Back 61

Where older persons migrate to an area that younger persons are leaving

Front 62

oure relationship

Back 62

a situation where a social relation is entered into for its own sake, for what can be derived by each person from a sustained association with another, and which is continued only in so far as it is thought by both parties to deliver enough satisfactions for each individual to stay with it.

Front 63

Divorce numbers are rising/lowering. ___ were first ones to realize divorce was better than a bad marriage. Divorce affects as many as ___ generations.

Back 63

-Rising
-black culture
-3

Front 64

age 65+, ___ % have children. Among them, birthrates have inclined/declined.

Back 64

-80
-declined

Front 65

Childlessness is really high in age range of ___ to ___+.

Back 65

80 to 85+

Front 66

___% of people age 35+ are part of 3 generations.

Back 66

80

Front 67

Average of ___ kids over all age groups

Back 67

2