Difficulties during the golden 1950s equality in

● Difficulties during the “GOLDEN” 1950’s
○ Equality in Marriage now
○ Not fun to be either husband or wife
○ PTSD many men suffered from war
○ Men felt burden of being sole BREADWINNER
■ Women viewed secondary to men
○ Domestic violence increased, so did child abuse
■ seen as acceptable
○ IN WOMEN: Depression at an ALL TIME HIGH
■ Even though they reported being happy, they
wanted something different for daughters
■ CURRENT: MODERN FAMILY
● Higher age of marriage
○ First Marriage age , 25 - Women ........ 27 - Men
○ more cohabitation
○ Women in workforce & higher education
Tuesday, Jan 24 2012
Since 1900 have been on a steady increase in age of women married; men same as
1900.
o Both age group dropped in 1950 and now is rising. -- So we have a closer marriage
age today to the 1900’s than we do to the 1950s
● 1950’s WAS ODD IN HISTORY
o Men dropped significantly from 1900 to 1950- causes may be WWI, and ppl were
able to obtain independence and income at younger age so they are able to support a
family at a younger age
o After 1950 (60’s - 70s) women had birth control, societal changes, can leave home
and earn own living. Also more ppl entering college and delay marriage
● Delay in marriage led to increase in ages that have never been married. In other
words-- at every age, a higher proportion have never been married.
● Longer life expectancy delays marriage
● Marriage ages higher in the northeast
· 68% of children born into married family and 32% unmarried parents with children

· 34% of teen girls get pregnant at least once before 20
o 80% of teen pregnancies are unintended - WOW!
o 79% to unmarried teens
· US teens have higher rates of pregnancy and abortion than other countries
● Teen Pregnancy is the Highest in Russia. America is 2nd. - russians be cray
· The number of teens births are the same as 1950 but rate is lower bc there were
less Teens in 1950s
o Teen marriage rate is down
o Premarital sex more acceptable
o Larger window of time to get pregnant outside marriage
o Stigma of unwed parenthood is disappearing
· Women less likely to marry after pregnancy or give kid up for adoption
o More intentional, women more likely to plan children outside marriage
Sample selection
o Population- individuals in a group that share particular interest
● Often impossible to find and survey all individuals in the group
o Sample- a group of individuals that represent the entire population
o Can we generalize findings to entire pop?
● Yes if using probability - SO USE PROBABILITY TO GENERALIZE
FINDINGS
● No if using nonprobability/ convenience sample
○ with human studies, most are nonprobability
Methods -
Surveys
● Used to systematically collect info; Predetermined questions
● Questionnaires and interviews
● Face to face, telephone
Focus groups
-often used to explore issues before launching a larger research project
Clinical research
● Focuses on individual or small groups that want help from mental health
professions
Case studies
● Obtained from few people
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