Describe the Different Groups of Never-Married Adults and Identify the Age

question 149

Essay

Describe the different groups of never-married adults and identify the age groups and percentage of people who fall into these categories.

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Definitions:

Marriage Rates

The number of marriages within a given population size or group per unit of time, typically expressed as marriages per year per 1,000 people.

Total Institutions

Places of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered life.

Goffman

Erving Goffman, a Canadian-American sociologist known for his analysis of social interaction and the concept of the presentation of self in everyday life.

Functions

The roles or activities that an individual, system, or structure typically performs or is intended to perform within a particular context or system.