Q1._ Bearak & England Reading: Women’s Education Jonathan Bearak and Paula England demonstrate a historical reversal that highlights the changing context of educated women’s marriage options. They...

Q1._ Bearak & England Reading: Women’s Education

Jonathan Bearak and Paula England demonstrate a historical reversal that highlights the changing context of educated women’s marriage options. They say, "Higher education makes marriage more likely for women and women are seeking educations before marrying."

Based on this reading, complete the following

• Identify and discuss the "Historic Reversal" that Bearak and England present in their article? How does a woman's level of education affect the timing of marriage? Likelihood of ever marrying? Likelihood of divorce? Explain how this has shifted over time. Did anything surprise you in this article?


• From a methodological perspective assess why it is important that this study was done using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth


• READINGS-


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  Textbook:
  
  Risman, B.J. & Rutter, V.E. (Eds.) 2015.Families as They Really Are, 2nd ed. New York. W. W. Norton & Co.


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  FROM Chapter 35- Bearak, Jonathan, and Paula England. “CCF Facts: Women’s Education and Their Likelihood of Marriage: A Historical Reversal,” Pg. 609-614.


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