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Demographic Trends in the United States: A Review of Research in the 2000s

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Demographic trends in the 2000s showed the continuing separation of family and household due to factors such as childbearing among single parents, the dissolution of cohabiting unions, divorce, repartnering, and remarriage. The transnational families of many immigrants also displayed this separation, as families extended across borders. In addition, demographers demonstrated during the decade that trends such as marriage and divorce were diverging according to education. Moreover, demographic trends in the age structure of the population showed that a large increase in the elderly population will occur in the 2010s. Overall, demographic trends produced an increased complexity of family life and a more ambiguous and fluid set of categories than demographers are accustomed to measuring.

Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00710.x

Author: Andrew J. Cherlin

Institution: Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: FAMILY STRUCTURE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN, Research Infrastructure for the Hopkins Population Center