Chapter Learning Outcomes

1. Define family and understand family diversity throughout history; as well as the connections between major economic shifts and family changes in the United States.
2.  Summarize major theoretical approaches to understanding families.
3. Describe contemporary US marriage, divorce and family patterns.
4. Discuss how race, class and gender produce differences in marriage, divorce and family arrangements. 
5. Understand family violence.

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