Study guide for Giddens et al. Chapter 15, Families and Intimate Relationships

Know about the following:

Talcott Parsons
feminism
the traditional American family
changes in family systems in the developing world
changes affecting family systems worldwide
cohabitation
trend toward later marriages
Bumpass et al.
family composition
African American families
Hispanic families
Asian American families
Native American families
trends in the divorce rate
Lenore Weitzman
factors that increase the likelihood of divorce
Diane Vaughan
Judith Wallerstein
factors related to the likelihood of marriage
stepfamilies
Cherlin
the effects of divorce on children
single-parent families
child abuse
David Popenoe
Judith Stacey
Arlie Hochschild
families in the past
characteristics of the family in the United States today
female-headed African-American families
patterns of remarriage
the second shift
changes in household size throughout the history of the United States
gay-parent families
Betty Friedan