One way of thinking about family life says that there are stages that families move through: courtship, marriage, childrearing, and family life in your later years. We’ll also discuss changing patterns of marriage and childbearing in the US, highlighting some of the varied family types that exist.

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References:
Sociology by John J. Macionis, 15th edition (2014)

Trends in the Share of NeverMarried Americans and a Look Forward, Pew Reseach Center http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/0...

Infidelity in heterosexual couples: demographic, interpersonal, and personalityrelated predictors of extradyadic sex. by Mark, Janssen, and Milhausen (2011) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/up...

Sawhill (2014), analysis of Current Population Survey data https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social...

Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortaility Reports https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...

Family Size Among Mothers, Pew Research Center http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/0...

FastStats: Births and Natality, Centers for Disease Control https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/birt...

The Cost of Raising a Child, US Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/...

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Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Center analysis of American Community Survey data (2015) http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/...

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