SSDAN Exercise Module

Course Title: Sociology 273: Families in Social Context

Module Description: Students will trace changes in family behavior from 1950 to 1990 and assess their magnitude, considering the pace and timing of these changes. Marital status, number of children and household type will be examined by both race/ethnicity and class. Additional team questions will be introduced that focus on marriage and intimate relationships; fertility and childrearing; divorce; and families and poverty. Students will present answers and supporting data to these questions via class presentations.
 

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Course Syllabus

Family Change - This exercise examines marital status, number of children born to women, and household type in 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990. The purposes are to identify the changes that have taken place, to assess their magnitude, and to consider the pace and timing of these changes.

Divorce - This exercise focuses on divorce in the United States over time, and its effects on socioeconomic status.

Marriage - This exercise examines the relationship between men and women in the context of marriage. Primarily, we will be concerned with the division of labor in the household.
 

Custom datasets used: EARNFT79, MARRPOV9, BORNPOV9