Assignment 2.

Part 1 Assignment 2

1) Describe 1 or 2 highlights that struck you from the report. Do not cut and paste from the report, use your own words. Were you surprised by the data/findings on the chart or are they in line with what you would have expected?
One of the highlights that struck me from the report was the fact that married couples with no children within the age group frame of 45 and older would increase by 7million. It's shocking to know that people are waiting so long to get married, then enjoying their marriage and noticing that they have reached an age in which they rather not have children and that its growing so rapidly. 


2) Were you surprised by the data/findings on the chart or are they in line with what you would have expected?
I was surprised with the data especially because I don't really keep up with data. But after reading the reports I wasn't surprised by what the chart stated, it was pretty much what I was expecting. 


3.)What do you notice on the chart?
What I did notice in the chart was that female and males living alone are about at the same level without much difference in numbers. However, female house-holders have a bigger number than to male house-holders.


 3a.) What types of families are more typical (higher percentage) compared to 1995.
The families with a high percentage compared to 1995 would be female house-holders and females & males living alone.  


3b.) What types of families are becoming less the norm (percentage decreases from 1995 to 2010.
 The married couples with children are the ones becoming less in the norm compared to 1995. 

4) What type of family do you expect to be living in, in 5 years? In 10 years? When you are 70 years old?
Five years from now I hope to be engaged, ten years from now I hope to be married and with at least one child & when I'm 70 i hope to still be with my husband watching our grandchildren grow up.


Part 2, Assignment 2:


1) What is different about women today versus 40 years ago?
Women today are out getting an education and looking for a career first. Then getting married and having kids considerably later than ever before. Versus 40 years ago women we dropping out of school to get married and have children and cater to their husband.

2) What is the norm in terms of what women are doing and when they are marrying?
Today women are delaying marriage, expanded higher education and labor-force participation, living in urbanization setting then thinking about marriage and considering children. 

3) Do women work more or less than in the past etc?
I feel that women whether it had been in the past or present women still work just as much. Just because back then they weren't going out and getting an education didn't mean that they weren't hard in the household. However, today women are working hard to get an education and not depend off of anyone. Yes, they were different structures of work however i feel that they amount to the same.

4) Next, please write about what you plan to do as you finish school and reach adulthood. Will you work and get your career started and then marry or the other way around?
When I finish school I plan to have my Day Care Center with my mom because she is an educator as well. I plan to get my career started in getting my license as a principal and then after I'm all settled down is when I'll marry and have children. 


 Part 3 Assignment 2

1) tell us about one change in age at marriage, how many people marry, childbearing, cohabitation, divorce, or aging.
One change in age at marriage is that women are now considering marriage after their careers, marrying later. 


2)How does the latest research differ from the past research noted in the article?
The latest research differ from the past research because theirs so many different life stage and cycles that there isn't expected family traditions to still follow and carry on with cohabitation and divorces rate increasing. 

3)Who did the article author cite in describing the newest research?
In Cherlin's article, Teachman, Tedrow, and Crowder were cited.