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This chapter discusses congregate housing programs, which refer to housing-service arrangements that combine an apartment-like independent living unit with services that do not fall under the medical model. Topics covered include: legal authority of congregate housing programs; prevalence and, structure of congregate living arrangements; resident population and special needs; funding, quality of care and quality of life; and social work roles.

This chapter presents an analysis of the influence of changes in family size and complexity of living relationships on a family's economic well-being during the Great Recession. The analysis reveals that the average size of households did not change markedly following the Great Recession. However, the stable average conceals considerable churning with about one-third of households adding or losing members. Decreases in household size and complexity are associated with higher standards of living in the household for white families, no change for African American families, and a lower standard of living for Hispanic families. The authors conclude that while families play an important role in providing income support in difficult economic times, changes in living arrangements that increase family size typically result in decreases in economic welfare.

This chapter examines the trajectories of health, wealth and living arrangements among older people in the U.S. It suggests that the notion that interaction of health and wealth is moderated by where elderly persons live. The findings indicate that remaining in the lowest wealth quartile is most likely when an elderly person lives in a nursing home and least likely when this person lives with others.

This chapter examines the relation between testamentary conditions and public policy. It deals with the circumstances in which conditions attached to legacies will be regarded as contra bonos mores, allowing the beneficiary to take the legacy free of the condition. The chapter considers the rationale for denying testators the right to impose such conditions and analyses the approach that the courts have taken to the three most common types of conditions: conditions in restraint of marriage, religion, and living arrangements. It highlights the importance placed by the courts on the institution of the family in considering the extent to which testamentary conditions may be regarded as being contra bonos mores.

This chapter examines the mechanics of how men cheat. It explores the antecedents that lead them to it, both structurally and emotionally. It explains the high rate of cheating found among this population of men (78%) as a product of access to sex. Men in this study live in social spaces that make spur-of-the-moment cheating more likely. Potential sex partners can be met in dorms, classrooms, sporting facilities, university social spaces, clubs, and pubs. These environments provide more opportunity for men to cheat compared to when they were back home, because they are away from adult surveillance and they exist within an alcohol-soaked social culture.

This chapter considers notions of ‘child, family and social well-being’ and sets out the social values and analytical approach informing the book. It argues for a combined analysis of child, adult, family, and social well-being which draws on quantitative and qualitative social research to inform social policy agendas and critical debates about parental rights and responsibilities. Adults and children experience more changes in family and living arrangements, with a higher incidence of solo living, parental separation, remarriage, re-partnering, and step-families.

This chapter presents an exchange between David and Maria about her cousin Anthony and his girlfriend Samantha, who had been living together for over five years. David expressed doubts that Anthony will eventually marry Samantha, despite Maria's insistence that Anthony loves Samantha but is just not ready to commit. Dave further points out that while living together has great, tangible, experiential benefits, beneath the superficial benefits is a pattern that undermines the confidence any spouse needs in marriage.

This chapter compares the effects of paternal and maternal religious activity on children's union-formation experience, asking explicitly whether mothers or fathers influence their children the most. It also compares the effects of parents' religiosity early in a child's life with the effects of parental religiosity when the child is a teenager and making decisions about dating, intimacy, and living arrangements. The chapter introduces indicators of the children's religious commitment, examining the extent to which their participation in religious services, evaluation of the importance of religion in their lives, and belief in the validity and reliability of religious texts affect their experience in marriage and cohabitation. It also compares the effects of children's religiosity to the effects of similar maternal religiosity factors.

Using retrospective reports from ever-married respondents, this chapter examines the timing of marriage, including the postponement of first marriage to successively older ages for both men and women. It also traces the decline in consanguinity and the rise in nuclear family living arrangements over time. In an exploration of differences in spousal characteristics, this chapter finds that husbands' age seniority has fluctuated over time, but that the education gap between husbands and wives has closed over successive marriage cohorts. The chapter also describes how these trends differ between rural and urban residents, as well as between members of different regional and socio-economic groups in Jordan. Finally, the chapter analyses trends in matrimonial expenditures in Jordan, finding that, contrary to popular discourse, the costs of marriage have not increased in recent years. It describes variations over time in the components of marriage costs, and examines how these differ for various socio-demographic groups.

This chapter presents an exchange between David and Maria about his friend Frank who is living with his girlfriend Tina. Dave remarked that Frank and Tina seem to be getting along very well, and believes that they will tie the knot fairly soon. However, Maria reminded David that they spoke about the same issue before, and at that time, David said that Maria's cousin Anthony and his girlfriend Samantha should not be living together.