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HDFS Exam 2--Singlehood
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Undergraduate 1
02/20/2012

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more single----than single----
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women, men
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among older people, singlehood is often because
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death of spouse rather than choice
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"flying solo at midlife"
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more problematic for men than for women
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single women
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have better psychological well being than single men
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types of singles
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-voluntarily and temporaliry unmarried
-involuntarily and temporarily unmarried
-resolved
-involuntarily married
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singlism
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embodies stereotyping, discrimination, and negative, dismissitve treatment, though wihtout segretation, hatred, and violence
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matrimania
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over the top hyping of marriage and coupling
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types of cohabititng
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-substitues or alternatives for marriage
-precursors to marriage
-trial marriage
-coresidential dating
-prelude to marriage
-state in marriage proces
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types of cohabiters
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-accelerated cohabitants
-tentative cohabitants
-purposeful delayers
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cohabitation effect
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people who cohabit before marriage have greater risk of divorce
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serial cohabitation
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individuals have cohabitated with more than one partner
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common law marriage
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couple who has live together as husband and wife and presented themselves as married
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domestic partners
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cohabitating heterosexual, lesbian, and gay couples in commited relationships
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families of choice
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boundaries are fluid and cross house-hold lines--choose your family
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