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It is estimated that by the year 2080 the gap between expected revenues for and anticipated expenditures to retirees in the form of social security and medicare benefits will be _______
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18 trillion dollars
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What does similarity of roles mean?
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When both men and women are responsible for breadwinning and caretaking of the home. it creates more opportunities for conflict.
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2 problems with the similarity of roles?
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Leads to more arguements
Women are more likely to leave the marriage |
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One has a lower likelihood of divorce if they do not _____ before marriage.
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cohabit
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3 recent social changes in gender roles?
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Similarity in roles
Women increased labor force participation Womens economic independence |
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Why are women becoming more economically independent?
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They are getting more money in the labor force, they don't have to stay married because they can now afford to support themselves.
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7 individual and relational factors related to divorce?
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Parental divorce
Cohabitation prior to marriage age at marriage premarital childbearing race blended families marital unhappiness |
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If your parents got a divorce you a _____ likely to get a divorce
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more
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Why do younger people have higher divorce rates?
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because they change so much, they are completely different people then when they got married
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Whats wrong with premarital childbearing?
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when they get married they have a hard time gaining a married identity because their child will always have to come first.
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What race is most likely to get a divorce
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african american
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How does divorce affect children?
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after the initial trauma, they are surprisingly well adjusted, even sometimes more mature
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3 negative consequences of single parenting on children?
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Economics, Time spent with parents, level of stress.
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In single parenting, what increase the negative consequences?
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If the kids aren't able to spend quality time with their parents
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What does breaking the work/family boundary involve?
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It says that women who take of their own family members should be thought of as workers as well, but they are not because theres no pay involved
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What is a pro and a con for shift work and child care?
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The hours work good for caring for the children, but it leaves little time for the parents to spend alone
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The proportion of ______ _________ mothers who give up their babies for adoption has always been lower and is close to two percent.
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African american
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What has happened to adoption rates? why?
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They have dropped because of birth control and legalized abortions
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Where are half of the foriegn born children from that were up for adoption?
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Asian countries.
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Why is adoption looked down upon
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Parents that can't have children are hesitant to adopt because they have heard horror stories about adoption when really, most adoptions are successful
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How does the US children compare to the international children?
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WE are far below in school, we see higher divorce rates, birth rates....
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Why are us children living in more poverish housing than international?
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Because other countries offer up benefits for children, this allows more cash flow within the country and better living
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Which families are more at risk for domestic violence?
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Lower income
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What race has higher domestic violence rates? black or white?
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black
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2 conclusions about child abuse?
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children who are abused are more likely to abuse, but most of abused children do not become abusers
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Physical abuse or neglect of an elderly person by a caregiver
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Elder abuse
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Who are the people that are abusing elders?
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usually the elder persons spouse
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The time of a restrictive approach toward divorce, until about the middle of the nineteenth century; divorces were usually granted only on the grounds of adultery or desertion
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Era of restricted divorce
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A ruling that a marriage was never properly formed
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Annulment
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2 way annulments worked/
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either too close of family members or sexual intercourse never happened
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Who got the rights to get a divorce and for what in the era of restricted divorce?
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men, because they thought they were getting cheated on
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An arrangement whereby divorced parents coordinate their activities and cooperate with each other in raising their children?
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coparenting
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An arrangement whereby divorced parents gravitate toward a more detached style, going about their parenting business separately
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parallel parenting
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Where do children usually go when their is a divorce
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the mother
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What are states doing to make sure that parents pay child support?
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They will not allow the person to renew their drivers license
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Why doesn't child support work for poor families
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the dads typically have a hard time keeping their jobs
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children whose parents are married show higher or lower signs of dpression and behavior problems due to parents arguing? T or F
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T
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Does child trauma begin befor or after the divorce
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before, during the fights and shit
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What is the main factor that determines how a step child reacts to a new parent
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age
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When is the most difficult time to start a step family?
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ages 11 -14
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What is marriage today?
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A means of personal love and fulfillment of personal needs.
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what did the social security act of 1935 do?
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It created social security, unemployment compensation, and aid to mothers with dependent children
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A federal program of financial assistance to low income families, commonly know as welfare until it was replaced by temporary assistance for needy families in 1996
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AFDC, Aid to families with dependent children
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The federal welfare legislation that requires most recipients to work within two years and that limits the amount of time a family can receive welfare
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personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996, PRWORA
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Who else is using the welfare system besides poor people,
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everyone! not just poor people, everyday people
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In 2006 a bill was signed that gave 150 million per year to promote what?
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Heterosexual sex
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What did femenists want from the 2006 150 million dollars per year to heterosexual marriage?
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they wanted it to go toward helping single women and moms
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What did the defense of marriage act do?
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Made it where gay and lesbians couldn't marry
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Why is the lesbian and gay community divided when it comes to marrriage.
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Not all of them want marriage, the dad walks the daughter down the isle, its too old fashion, bs
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3 examples of power differences in the three relationship styles.
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Gay- two men fight for power
Lesbian- there aren't power struggles Hetero- the good even balance in struggles |
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3 examples of sexual differences in the 3 relationship styles
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gay- all about sex
lesbian- more in love then sex hetero- 1 initiator and one passive |
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What is the most common family type in lesbian and gay community?
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Lesbian with kids from a previous marriage and her partner
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What is the child outcome in a gay and lesbian marriage?
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The child has no change, if our parents influenced us enough, then there would not be any gay or lesbian people
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Kids from gay parents differ from others in what way?
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The only way is that they get made fun of by other kids, not phsycological or gender role.... our culture shapes them...
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4 things that Differences/Difficulties in Homosexual Relationships and Families can be attributed to
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LAck of societal acceptance
Inability for legal relationship Possible lack of familial support No relationship scripts |
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Since there are no relationship scripts in homo marriage, what the outcome?
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difficult relationship, there is no love then marriage because there can't be a marriage and can't have kids the regular way....
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3 parenting styles and definition
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Authoritarian- Low on parental, high on control
Permissive- Low control, high or low on nurturance Authoritative- High on both, considered the best |
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What are the gender differences in parenting styles
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males- males will play with kids, and wait for mom to say something to do
females- provide direct care, more likely to feed and babysit |
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why do people have families that are either small or large?
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They can either do it by choice or constraint, they cant have more kids...
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What is the parenting style in a large family? 3
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Lots of spanking, Parents are less likely to know who the kids friends are because there are too many, lots of rules
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What is one thing about education that is different when your in a larger family.
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There is less places to study that are quiet, harder to learn
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Kids in larger families have two major differences
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2 yrs less education, more likely to be alcoholics
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2 problems that parents of larger families are more likely to have?
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ulcers, and high blood pressure
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What is the old assumption about families and work?
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that they are seperate and dont intersect, the assumption applied only to post world war II families
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how is work and families affected by time and timing?
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The amount of time you work
The amount of time you spend with the whole family The amount of time spent with the spouse |
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What are 4 rewards that your job will sometimes award you and your family?
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Benefits
Health insurance Vacation Sick time |
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What is emotional spill over? 2 forms?
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When job emotions pour into family time, when family emotions pour into job time
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2 problems that parents of larger families are more likely to have?
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ulcers, and high blood pressure
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What is the old assumption about families and work?
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that they are seperate and dont intersect, the assumption applied only to post world war II families
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how is work and families affected by time and timing?
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The amount of time you work
The amount of time you spend with the whole family The amount of time spent with the spouse |
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What are 4 rewards that your job will sometimes award you and your family?
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Benefits
Health insurance Vacation Sick time |
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What is emotional spill over? 2 forms?
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When job emotions pour into family time, when family emotions pour into job time
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For women with kids under the age of 6, how many worked outside the home for pay in 1948 and 2000
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10%
58% |
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What is "the second shift" consider?
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When women work outside the house for pay, they are still more likely to have the second round of jobs to do when they get back to the house.
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What is the rule of thumb?
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A saying that relates back to old England, that meant that it was legal for a man to punish or control his wife with anything that is about the size of his thumb.
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3 stats about marital or cohabiting violence?
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30% of every of all women in the US who are murdered are murdered by a husband or boyfriend
Domestic violence is the biggest cause of violence against women 20% of police officers killed in duty are on domestic violence calls |
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If a women grows up in a house where her mom was beat, then
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she will think its normal for women to be beat
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If boys grow up in a household where men are controlling then,
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he will think its normal to control
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Why do women and men that come from abusive or controlling families find eachother?
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because of their beliefs, other relationships don't function well for them
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IS child abuse on the rise?
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yes, from 1963 - 2000 it increase 19 times
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What is theory of battered child syndrome?
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Parents are lying about how their kids get hurt, 1962
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2 big years for child abuse care?
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1965, health people must report suspicious child bruises
1980, teachers can report too |
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Is spanking child abuse
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no
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What is the number 1 style of neglect
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educational
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Children who were abuse have a _____ % chance of NOT abusing their kids
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70
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What is The Family Wage System and the Myth of Separate Spheres
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o Idea that each person who works receives a wage that will support a family. Did not work well but was the foundation for many other policies
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3 things about having a covenant marriage?
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Have to have premarital counseling
Have to sign an affidavit stating loyalty for the partner no way to get a quick divorce |
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Every ______ ____________ a baby boomer turns 60
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6.7 seconds
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How many baby boomers were born?
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80 million
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currently there are more retirees turning _________ than ________
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65
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