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September 15, 2013
It is becoming increasingly difficult to identify what a “traditional” American family looks like. Once that meant a married couple, a father who worked, kids in school and a relatively stable lifestyle.
But due to a whirlwind of economic and social changes that took place during the last decade, young people are delaying marriage longer, permanent singlehood has increased, and the “marriage-go-round” of divorce and remarriage continues to rise. Those are the findings of a new study from a researcher at Ohio State University.
The study’s author, Sociology Professor Zhenchao Qian, studied data from the 2000 Census and the 2008 to 2010 American Community Survey, concluding that in the 2000s, “there is no longer any such thing as a typical American family.”
But the most troubling finding, Qian said, is the large disparity that has grown between families of different races and socioeconomic classes. Race, education, the economy and immigration status weigh heavily on how well families fare financially, he said.
Despite the negative changes in American families, one group has remained stable and most closely resembles what was once considered the American norm and that is the immigrant community. Qian found that immigrants tend to be married at a higher rate, and divorce and remarry at a lower rate when compared to those born in the United States.
Qian said the Great Recession of the late 2000s can account for many of the changes – across the board, regardless of race, young people born in the United States have delayed getting married, moved back in with their parents, and those who do marry get divorced at a higher rate.
