With roller coaster changes in marriage and divorce rates apparently leveling off in the 1980s, Andrew Cherlin feels that the time is right for an overall assessment of marital trends. His graceful and informal book surveys and explains the latest research on marriage, divorce, and remarriage since World War II.
Cherlin presents the facts about family change over the past thirty-five years and examines the reasons for the trends that emerge. He views the 1950s, when Americans were marrying and having children early and divorcing infrequently, as the aberration, and he discusses why...
With roller coaster changes in marriage and divorce rates apparently leveling off in the 1980s, Andrew Cherlin feels that the time is right for an ...
Analyzing surveys conducted since the 1940s, this text concludes that the rates of church attendance, prayer, church membership, activity in church organizations, belief in life after death, and other measures of religious involvement have remained suprisingly constant.
Analyzing surveys conducted since the 1940s, this text concludes that the rates of church attendance, prayer, church membership, activity in church or...
