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Divorce has made the Avg. American family 66% larger
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:13 pm
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A study has found that divorce - through the step-families that often accompany it - is making American families 66 percent bigger. The study from University of Massachusetts researcher Emily E Wiemers and others finds that, today, about 33 percent of US households with parents under age 55 feature at least one stepparent. And the presence of stepchildren has increased the total number of children in a family by 66 percent.
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The study, called Stepfamily Structure and Transfers between Generations in U.S., considers how this family restructuring influences familial relationships and seeks to illuminate the extent to which biological relationships differ from step-relationships. In particular, it looked at younger family members and their feelings of obligation to older family members, along with the inverse of older family members' feelings of dependency on younger family members
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Of course, many factors influence a family's closeness. However, the study found, in surveying tens of thousands of American family members, that at the margin, family ties are less strong with stepkin. 'We find that family members are less likely to give time support in the presence of stepkin,' the study notes.
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It found that, on average, couples with adult stepchildren are 11 percent less likely to give them time vs biological children. Similarly, it found that stepparents are 13 percent less likely to receive time from adult children vs biological parents. 'Although stepfamily members increase the size of families, we show that the increased availability of kin does not fully compensate for the weaker bonds among family members in step families.'
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:17 pm to RedRifle
Trashy people get more trashy family members!
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:17 pm to RedRifle
Divorce, bringing families together since 1857
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:20 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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Trashy people get more trashy family members!
The king of England was one of the first “divorcees”. Albeit because he chopped off his wife’s head
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:21 pm to SCLSUMuddogs
Ive come to the conclusion that everyone in small cities are related through marriage/divorce
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:23 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
This chick at my office I am in love with was just walking me through the 6 or 8 family X-mas parties she has to attend with all of the divorces and whatnot. Complete debacle. Hopefully, she gives up on the trash and falls for me one day.
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:23 pm to RedRifle
That's the way they all became the Brady bunch
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:23 pm to The Pirate King
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The king of England was one of the first “divorcees”. Albeit because he chopped off his wife’s head
Ummmmm, wouldn't that make him a widower?
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:27 pm to RedRifle
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Divorce has made the Avg. American male 66% poorer
FIFY
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:29 pm to Commandeaux
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Ummmmm, wouldn't that make him a widower?
Yeah, idk what he's talking about. Henry the VIII was indeed one of the first divorces, but Catherine never lost her head
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:39 pm to SCLSUMuddogs
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Henry the VIII was indeed one of the first divorces,
There were divorces in Ancient Rome.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:43 pm to RedRifle
Depends on how you define "family"
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:56 pm to High C
Divorce got me tons of presents growing up so i was thankful for it
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:57 pm to mailman
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Ive come to the conclusion that everyone in small cities are related through marriage/divorce
You're not far from the honest truth with that statement. My mom is from a small town in Tennessee. They haven't had a class reunion since 1984 because a lot of her classmates have gotten divorces and remarried other former classmates. It created too much drama.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:22 pm to High C
You know there was a bunch of fricking going on in that house
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