The Changing Patterns Of Education And Youth Labor Market

Marriage rates have decreased in the United States, in the 1970s there were 76.5 marriages for 1000 unmarried women over 15 years of age and in 2008 it dropped to 34.8 marriages for 1000 unmarried women (Lee and Payne 2010). Marriage rates have decreased for a number of reasons, education attainment, religion, change of social norms, and many more. According to Jeremy E. Uecker and Charles E. Stokes (2008), the age of marriage is related to school enrollment. Right after high school, at the age of 18, there is more of a chance of marriage at this time then in the age of 19, the reason for this is that at the age of 19 most young adults are entering college and not focused on relationships and marriage (Uecker and Stokes 2008). The chance

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Though this is sometimes true, many people blindly get married without thinking about the future or consequences that come with it. This can be related to Romeo and Juliet because when the Friar says, “I married them and their stol’n marriage day was Tybalt’s doomsday…” (872), it shows that people get married at the wrong times without thinking about what is going on around them. Overall, it is often to rush into things out of what they believe is “true love”, which is not always the case. There is still their whole life to live and whole bunch of people that they haven’t yet met, so it seems that during high school or soon after is too young to be getting

In the modern era, with economic independence available for both men and women, many people are choosing not to marry these days. Williams reports that marriage rates have dropped to a forty-year low while divorce rates continue to hover just above 50 percent. In addition to the high divorce rate, the report issued by Rutgers University’s National Marriage Project indicates that the percentage of married people who reported “being happy” in their marriages fell from 53.5 in 1973-76 to 37.8 in 1996 (1). Williams attributes these phenomena to social changes such as legalization of cohabitation between

Since the Great Depression, Sennet noted that there was a rise in the mentality that education was so important, as it would “make the young always needed, always employed” (83). Education and skill honing then became what he referred to as armour against the joblessness and poverty that burdened those before them.

I feel like an adult’s diverse lifestyle has made significant changes from the past to now. Progressively the ages of which someone gets married has increased. According to the external reading Emerging adults: The in-between age, “50 years ago, the median age for marriage was 22 for men and 20 for women; now, the median age for marriage has climbed past 28 for men and edged above 24 for women” (Munsey 2006). An example I want to give is my grandparents and parents. My grandparents got married at the young ages of 18 and 19 in 1949. In contrast, my parents got married at ages 34 and 39 in 1994. I also have other friends who have been together for a long time and not get married until their late 20’s/30’s. I think the reasoning why couples are waiting longer to get married, is that they want to establish themselves both professionally and financially. They want to make sure that they have their priorities straight, before marriage and having kids. I do not think that this is a bad thing, as I believe these things

When thinking about this question many different answers came to mind. Automatically, I referred to the concept of divorce and how prevalent that has become since the creation and implementation of the Divorce Act. When there was a drastic increase in the amount of divorce, I believe people growing up and watching this unfold could have been hesitant that this would have happened to them if they were to proceed with marriage, therefore, decided to avoid the potential heart break, expense, and drama and look to different types of relationships. As we’ve learned, it is in fact true that marriage is on the decline and cohabitation is on the rise. I think that with the divorce rate being so high it makes people—regardless of their age—more hesitant and less secure when making the decision to commit to a relationship that they don’t expect to last forever. I think that it is also a possibility that

On further observation of the genogram, there is a level of education that appears to be moving in the right direction that goes beyond a high school diploma and has a direct correlation of the occupations that the people are finding themselves. As for my mother’s generation, her brothers and sisters all graduated from high school and that is where their education stops. Furthermore, the jobs that they have had or continue to be employed at tend, to be honest, nine to five work. For example, all of my uncles work in the automotive industry. They range from mechanics to paint jobs, between my uncles they have the ability to restore a running vehicle to car show worthiness. My aunts have worked in mainly customer service jobs and retail.

I believe some people are choosing not to marry because of several reasons. The first reason I believe women specifically are choosing not to marry is because of the feminist movement and the changing role of women in our society. Before the feminist movement most women were homemakers, and the role of women was to care for her family and home. Today, women are expected by society to succeed at education and in the workforce just as they are expected to be caring and loving mothers and homemakers. This idea of women having to succeed in all aspects can lead to many women deciding one or the other because doing both can seem impossible at times. The second reason I believe men and women are both choosing not to marry is because a desire of individual success over a desire to have a marriage and family. Many single adults are putting marriage on the backburner to climb the career ladder. Being responsible only for yourself can give you the ability to purchase material things you want. On the other hand, the financial responsibilities of marriage and families can keep people from having the ability to buy things they may want individually. The third reason I believe people are choosing not to marry is because of a fear of divorce. Many of the adults today in their 20’s and 30’s grew up in divorced families. When children grow up and experience the life of a divorce they can have fears and negative ideas about marriage and

The two facts that I chose to conduct further research on are: Cohabitation has skyrocketed and It used to be only that college-educated women waited to marry, Now it's everyone (Klein, 2013).

In the competitive world today, having a college degree might not benefit a student as much as before, thus opening up numerous questions concerning its necessity. Not only is the number of students desperately trying to enroll in college increasing, but the tuition shoots up as well. However, will college enrollment necessarily be enough to increase your chances of attaining job security? The answer is hotly debated amongst adults and students alike, which opens up the second option for students, that is, joining the work force. Although this option is generally shunned by the new generation, the tough economy and slow restoration makes it quite a desirable choice at the moment. Joining the work force is a hard decision to make as it

This maturity effect, known as “the way age at first marriage is postulated to directly affect the probability of divorce,” is used to predict marriage instability (Lehrer, 2008, p. 468). As the age of marriage rises, marital instability declines. One of the factors that contributes to the decline is the level of education that women have when they get married, education is considered a “stabilizing factor” (Lehrer, 2008). It seems reasonable that getting married young would increase the risk for divorce but getting married too late is also a risk factor. Termed the

During the 80’s and 90’s, many people marry at their early age as early as fifteen. As time passes, this trend was no longer practiced as people believe that more than halves who marry at their early age will be divorced when they reached their middle age. However, in today’s era, the practices of youthful marriages have become a trend once again, either because they love each other or arranged by their parents. For example, a famous video of a 16-years-old boy who married to a 14-years-old girl proves to us that teenagers nowadays believe that youthful marriage is a way to express their love in a right way. As a matter of fact, it does not really matter what age we get married as long as our marriage lasts forever and we live happily with

Everyone has heard of the old saying “you test drive a car before you buy it” and many use it to justify why they cohabitate before marriage. In many cultures and religions it is still seen as a sin to live together before marriage. Many critics fear that cohabitation is leading to a decline in marriage and traditional values, but according to surveys taken it shows that the majority of Americans still view marriage as a personal goal and an important component to a happy life (Steinberg et al., 2011). A lot of reason behind young adults being cautious about tying the knot is due to an underlying respect for marriage (Steinberg et al., 2011).

Within the past thirty years, it has become increasingly difficult for young university graduates to find work, as increasing competition in the workplace has caused businesses to shift towards hiring more experienced, skilled workers as opposed to entry-level workers. This is because skilled workers increase the business’s competitiveness and productivity within an industry/sector of the economy, along with increasing the nation’s overall global competitiveness in a shrinking world due to globalisation. Increased attendance of school and universities means that there are more university graduates in possession of degrees than ever before, causing competition between young workers in finding long-term, well-paid, secure work. Having a degree used to almost guarantee a job, but in recent years, the ever-growing supply of work-seeking university graduates often outweighs business’s demands.