1. Chapter 10 The Changing Family

2. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 10-1: Employment Status of Married Women with Children

3. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Table 10-1: Percentage of Children Living in Single-Parent Families

4. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Percentage Who Say They Did the Following Because of the Recession

5. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 10-2: Median Age at First Marriage for Men and Women

6. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Postponement of Marriage Americans are getting married later in life Median age for women is 25.8 years Median age for men is 27.1 years Many are postponing marriage for: –Educational goals –Career goals

7. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Changing Norms of Parenthood Births to Unmarried Women –Stigma attached to out-of-wedlock births has declined in society Teenage Pregnancy –Teenage fertility and childbearing rates have fallen in the United States Gay and Lesbian Families

8. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Changing Norms of Parenthood Gay and lesbian couples often face a number of obstacles One of these issues is the legal status of gay marriages and the rights it accords to married couples Obstacles to adopting and rearing children

9. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 10-3: Birthrates for Females Ages 15–17

10. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 10-4: Birthrates by State for Ages 15–19 (per 1,000 women)

11. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 10-5: New Sheltered Clients, by Household Type: April–June 2009

12. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 10-6: Low-Paid Workers with Severe Housing Cost Burdens

13. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Family Violence Child Abuse –Parents who are demanding and have unrealistic expectations of what a child can do Spouse Abuse –Rate of reported abuse among poor is related in part to contact with agencies identifying Abuse that goes hidden in other social classes

14. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Social Policy Future Prospects Abstinence Only, Abstinence Not –Congress is preparing to cut the funding for so-called abstinence only programs –It is unlikely that there will be Federal support for increased access to birth control –Or sex education directed toward teenagers