SOCI - Marriage and Family

1)    Consider:  Most people agree that marriages and families underwent major changes during the last 50+ years.  However few people tend to link these changes to larger societal changes.

              a)    Answer the following questions:

i)      Identify 2-3 major societal changes occurring in the last 50+ years that you feel have affected marriages and families.

ii)    Briefly discuss your feelings on how one of these societal changes has affected current marriages and families.

iii)   Include a brief example of how this change affected your family and/or familes like yours. 

2)    Go to the U.S. Census Bureau website, www.census.gov. 

a)    Find a statistic(s)or data related to marriages and families that interests you.

i)      Briefly summarize the data (in your own words).

ii)    Provide a proper citation for the statistic(s) or data (so I can find it).

iii)   What do you think is interesting about the data? 

b)    Please present the requested information in the order listed above.