Jesus B. Lopez Family Quiz

Jesus B. Lopez

458 Words

Family Quiz

In the article Trends in Marital Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973 to 2006 by Mamadi Corra, Shannon K Carter, J. Scott Carter, and David Knox, these authors have collected data from the General social survey over the period from 1973 through 2006 to conclude findings of Marital Happiness between four groups, Black Husband and Wives and White Husband and Wives. The question within the survey was "Taken things all together, how would you describe your marriage?"  The answers to choose from were are you very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy. Independent variables included Work Status, whether divorced or not, if there was a child under the age of 18 living in the home, age, education, income, and if they were religious.  The figure one table within the article shows both white husbands and white wives as well as black husbands all had a slight drop in happiness from the 1970s to the 1980s.  Black wives had a small increase within that decade.  Between the 1980s and 1990s white husbands and white wives stayed pretty much the same.  Black husbands and black wives had a decrease in happiness within the 80s through 90s period.  Between the 1990s through 2000s we see that white husbands didn't have much of a change and we see white wives becoming less happy.  On the other hand Black husbands have a small rise in happiness and black wives has a huge significant rise in happiness.  We cannot say what exactly happened to have that rise in happiness but we can only assume attributes like contribution of women in the work force, more financial income, better education, etc.  For the decrease in marital happiness for black men can be situations of unemployment and lack of jobs.

The next article I chose was Marital Assimilation Among Hispanics: Evidence of Declining Cultural and Economic Incorporation? By Daniel T. Lichter, J. Brian Brown, Zhenchao Qian and Julie H. Carmalt.  This article uses data from the 1990 and 2000 Census Public Use Microdata Samples to see how intermarriage patterns between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites effects spatial, cultural, and economic assimilation.  The Method of research sampled 155 metropolitan areas that had 25 married couples with one Hispanic partner.  The research only included young married couples with a Hispanic native, or one Hispanic immigrant who immigrated before the age of 20.  This consists of 53,778 couple in the year 1990 and 76,484 couples in the year 2000.  Hispanic intermarriage was measured by the number of Hispanics married to non-Hispanics whites, dived by the total number of couple that includes at least one Hispanic partner.  The findings concluded that intermarriage rates in the 1990s between Hispanics and non-Hispanics whites had declined.  Over the decades social distance between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites has improved and grown.  This can be because education has improved and people are more willing to except the Hispanic race in their communities.  This article like the first does not give complete answers, but it is an area for more study for greater understanding.  

Madelyn Torrence

Madelyn Torrence, 388 words

Soc 111

Mon. Wed. 1-1:50

Family Quiz

In the article "Trends in Marital Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973-2006"  authors Corra, Carter, J. Carter, and Knox look at the different happiness levels within marriages in correspondence with the person's gender and race. In previous research it had been found that marital happiness was on the decline for all races and genders. Previous studies found that there wasn't a difference in genders, with either male or females being more unhappy. It was found that Black wives tended to be less happy than white wives. However, there was a relationship between race and marital happiness. African Americans experienced less marital happiness.

In Corra, Carter, J. Carter, and Knox's research they used the GSS Questionnaire, as a quantitative method. Their dependent variable was marital happiness. Their independent variable was sex, race, divorce, work, children under eighteen in the house, age, education, and religiosity. They broke this down into four groups; Black Wives, Black Husbands, White Wives, and White Husbands. In a general pattern they found that White Wives and Husbands tended to be happier. White husbands tended to be the happiest, then white wives, then black husbands, and then black wives tended to be the least happy. They found that overall Black Wives' happiness was rising, while white husbands tended to always be the happiest but that this happiness was declining. White husbands always being the happiest was attributed to their power, status, and importance but family and societal changes explained the decline in happiness levels.

In the article  "Social Boundaries and Marital Assimilation: Interpreting Trends in Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage" authors Qian and Lichter relate racial or ethnic interracial marriage to distinguishing the racial or ethnic relations within society. Since the 1970's interracial marriages in the United States have increased a lot. Interracial marriage is a sign that an immigrant or immigrant group has assimilated to the majority culture, in this case white culture in the united states.The new assimilation theory is used as a framework to assess the relationship between intermarriage and assimilation The Integrated Public Use Microdata was used as a quantitative method to assess the information.  They found that a growing society of different races has created a growth in interracial marriages with whites. Hispanics and American Indians are most likely to marry whites and African Americans are least likely to marry whites.

Jesus B. Lopez Family Quiz

Jesus B. Lopez

458 Words

Family Quiz

In the article Trends in Marital Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973 to 2006 by Mamadi Corra, Shannon K Carter, J. Scott Carter, and David Knox, these authors have collected data from the General social survey over the period from 1973 through 2006 to conclude findings of Marital Happiness between four groups, Black Husband and Wives and White Husband and Wives. The question within the survey was "Taken things all together, how would you describe your marriage?"  The answers to choose from were are you very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy. Independent variables included Work Status, whether divorced or not, if there was a child under the age of 18 living in the home, age, education, income, and if they were religious.  The figure one table within the article shows both white husbands and white wives as well as black husbands all had a slight drop in happiness from the 1970s to the 1980s.  Black wives had a small increase within that decade.  Between the 1980s and 1990s white husbands and white wives stayed pretty much the same.  Black husbands and black wives had a decrease in happiness within the 80s through 90s period.  Between the 1990s through 2000s we see that white husbands didn't have much of a change and we see white wives becoming less happy.  On the other hand Black husbands have a small rise in happiness and black wives has a huge significant rise in happiness.  We cannot say what exactly happened to have that rise in happiness but we can only assume attributes like contribution of women in the work force, more financial income, better education, etc.  For the decrease in marital happiness for black men can be situations of unemployment and lack of jobs.

The next article I chose was Marital Assimilation Among Hispanics: Evidence of Declining Cultural and Economic Incorporation? By Daniel T. Lichter, J. Brian Brown, Zhenchao Qian and Julie H. Carmalt.  This article uses data from the 1990 and 2000 Census Public Use Microdata Samples to see how intermarriage patterns between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites effects spatial, cultural, and economic assimilation.  The Method of research sampled 155 metropolitan areas that had 25 married couples with one Hispanic partner.  The research only included young married couples with a Hispanic native, or one Hispanic immigrant who immigrated before the age of 20.  This consists of 53,778 couple in the year 1990 and 76,484 couples in the year 2000.  Hispanic intermarriage was measured by the number of Hispanics married to non-Hispanics whites, dived by the total number of couple that includes at least one Hispanic partner.  The findings concluded that intermarriage rates in the 1990s between Hispanics and non-Hispanics whites had declined.  Over the decades social distance between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites has improved and grown.  This can be because education has improved and people are more willing to except the Hispanic race in their communities.  This article like the first does not give complete answers, but it is an area for more study for greater understanding.  

Alonzo Cason 563 Marriage and Family

Alonzo Cason

563 words

 

 

            This week's topic focused on the topic of marriage and the family in terms of social issues. This topic has always been one that's affected me the most personally of all the issues we've discussed in this semester's course. Not to cause any disparities, the topic of marriage and families has always been a negative one to me due in part of my personal history with it. So, this week was a tough for me to keep my personal views and opinions away from influencing any prejudices I have. As with all the weekly quizzes we selected 2 articles one being required the other being one of our own choosing, the required article was "Trends in Martial Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973 to 2006" by Mamadi Corra, Shannon K. Carter, J. Scott etc.  The article in question reported and discussed the various rates of marital happiness husbands and wives have filtered by their races and genders. The article discovered that Whites husband had the highest rate of happiness with black wives having the lowest. Yet, they noticed a slow decline of the gap between the levels of happiness mostly in the case of black wives having the most significant raise in happiness levels. The article discussed various factors and briefly talked about the reasonings behind the rates/levels they found. With most of my quizzes I tend to include something from Prof. Kubal's lecture on the topic that helped me better understand the weekly topic. However, for this week it wasn't something that Kubal had mentioned or touched but rather something a classmate of my whispered/ responded to Kubal when asked why the increase in happiness. The student responded by saying the social atmosphere towards black women was one of a better in sight due to media influence. Such as Oprah, black actresses, and musician become household names could played a significant key role. The next article I read was one titled "Black Girl Happiness is Revolutionary" by Dr. Kristian H. In the article she discussed the average experiences black women face in their lives and the social expectations that are placed on them from having to be strong and resilient and often times having to be a single parent. The article continued this route and highlighted the struggles so many people have in terms of martial happiness and factors that influence a happy marriage and family. My family may look like a nice stable on however, my biological dad walked out on my mom while she was pregnant with me. She had to struggle to not only support herself but also a unborn child by herself yet she was lucky enough to find a man that not only stood by her side but wanted to be father figure for a child with no father. This week's topic as I stated earlier was one that truly hit home for me. But it's one just as the other topics we've discussed is one that's often times over looked and passed over as not important when in reality what's most important to us is our families. We always talk about the importance of it and yet we don't take the necessary actions to ensure the happiness and its one that deserves to be discussed cause nothing hurts more than walking into a once warm happy house to find a cold and hollow relic in it's place.

Family Quiz

Marriage Quiz

Richard James

 

Marriage Quiz

 

Trends in Marital Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973-2006

 

            The method that was used in this article was the General Social Surveys from the years 1973-2006 (1379).

            The findings revealed that white husbands and white wives' marital happiness remains positive and significant throughout all four decades (1394). White husbands had higher levels of marital happiness than white wives, black husbands, and black wives (1391). White wives had higher levels of marital happiness than both black husbands and wives (1391).

            The findings revealed that black husbands' marital happiness was both positive and significant from the 1970s and 1980s. Black husbands marital happiness was positive, but not statistically significant in the 1990s and 2000s. The research indicated that the marital happiness of black husbands and wives had converged (1394). Black husband reported having higher levels of marital happiness than black wives (1391).

            The study also revealed that there isn't a relationship between marital happiness and education level, divorce status, religious denomination, and for most of the age categories (1394).

 

Are Same-Sex and Single Adoptive Parents More Likely to Adopt Transracially? A National Analysis of Race, Family Structure, and the Adoption Marketplace.

 

            The method that was used in this article was the 2000 United States Census (455).

            The results from Table 1 indicate that 60% of children adopted are white and 72% of adoptive parents are white (459). There are more Asian and Hispanic kids than Asian and Hispanic parents (459). 15% of adoptive parents adopt transracially, or outside of their race (459). 79% of adopted children live in households with married adoptive parents (459). 5% of the adoptive parents are raised in a non-married and single parent household (459). A small, but unknown percentage of kids live in same-sex households (459).

            The results from Table 2 focused more on adoption within the same racial or ethnic backgrounds and transracial adoption being more prominent of white families. 95% of black adoptive parents adopt a black child (459). 87% of Hispanic and Asian adoptive parents adopt a child of the same race (459). Transracial is more prominent amongst white adoptive parents with a rating of 18% White adoptive parents who do transracial adoption are more likely to adopt a Hispanic or Asian child by 6%. White adoptive parents who adopt a black child with a 2% rating (460).

            The results from Table 3 focused more on transracial adoption of children by white, same-sex couples and white single parents. 6% of white gay and lesbian parents adopt a black child (462). 5% of white single parents adopt a black child (462).

family quiz

Vanessa Rodriguez Words 391

            In the article, Trends in Martial happiness by gender and race, 1973 to 2006 by Corra et al, is a study in where they take a look where certain races being to be happy. This study was restricted to only two races, which were whites and blacks. Looking into white husbands and white wives, and as will black husband and wives.  The study showed that throughout the years it showed that black's happiness in marriage has increased over time while white husband had had a decrease in their happiness.  The data for this survey came from the General social survey in the years 1973 to 2006.  The participants were randomly picked for this survey.  In their finding, they were able to find that couples who have children who are 18 under are less likely to be happy than those who did not have children living with them. As well for the black wife, it showed that their happiness in marriages has increased. Since now there are more diverse marriages black women are more likely to get married to a white man. This concludes that it was very hard for them to measure the levels of happiness since their study was restricted. They only focus on two races groups and social positions they stand in our society. They will continue to do the study and they will be comparing it to other race groups.

    In the article, Explaining Race and Ethnic Variation in Marriage: Directions for Future Research by Raley. In this study, they do a research on racial and ethnic differentials in marriage and how that can create inequality.  They had different factors in how they were able to check each group. They did illustrate depending what job and income a certain race had, could play a factor in a happy marriage. Blacks had a higher disadvantage in having a good income or even having a happy marriage. There is a lot of discrimination in the workforce.  It also resulted in them having the highest divorce rate than any other race.  They also showed as long as a relationship has a stable finance it helps, by having a happy marriage.  This concludes that for a relationship to be stable and have a great benefit they must have a good economic status, they must be emotional and physical committed to their partner.