Question

Examine divorce trends in the United States over the past several decades and discuss ways they shape family life. Also, explain factors contributing to the divorce rate in the U.S. Compare and contrast at least two U.S. subgroups in your answer.

Answer 1

1) Ans) Marriage is done by a man and women to be together life long spending a lot of money on the ceremony but most of the marriages ends up in court seeking divorce. The rate is very high in US accounting 3.2 per 1000 people.90% of marriage ends up in diverse either mutually or with certain concerns.It is high in illiterates when compared to highly educated people.

In US trend is quite different there was a very increased rate during the Great depression which subsequently lower after world war two.Then gradually peaking in 1900.

        Especially it was high in 1960 and 1970 because of women's independency due to their bold entry into the society. This has lead to many changes in the shape of family.The initial family called joint family is completely missing leading to nuclear family. This nuclear family due to divorce has lead to single parenting.The main factor contributing to this is misunderstanding, living together relationship,conflicts, dominancy over one another.

The African American women generally have a greater rate of divorse mainly due to tenancy, racialism,ethnicity, educational background, etc.The Nevada also has an increased divorce rate due to the same reasons.