Chapter 8: Marriage Cross-Cultural Focus – Marriage Customs
In Chapter 8 you learned about trends in the US related to marriage, specifically the trends in US marriage rates, changing trends, and increase in diversity.
For this assignment, you will research marriage facts, customs, and practices in Italy by answering the questions below. All answers should be in essay format.
1. Identify recent trends in marriage (age). All information must include in-text citations and full references on the reference page. Answer in table on assignment document for both US and Italy. a. What is the current average age of first marriage?
b. How has the average age of first marriage changed since the 1950s?
2. Identify recent trends in marriage (rate). All information must include in-text citations and full references on the reference page. Answer in table on assignment document for both US and Italy . a. What is the marriage rate?
b. How has the marriage rate changed since the 1950s?
3. Discuss marriage ceremony practices and customs. All information must include in-text citations and full references on the reference page. a. What is the social norm for marriage ceremony practices and customs in Italy? (2 paragraphs. A paragraph is 7+ sentences). Topics include, but are not limited to, arranged marriage, dating, courtship, financial responsibility for weddings, amount of money spent, expectations for what you will do at the wedding, who plans the wedding, and clothing.
b. How does your (Italy’s) norm for marriage ceremony practices and customs differ from United States culture? (2 paragraphs. A paragraph is 7+ sentences). Guidelines:
All questions must be thoroughly answered, along with complete citations.
All facts, findings, and information used must be cited using APA format, including a reference page.
For information on APA, you can use The Owl Purdue’s various APA resources
• • The Owl Purdue Main APA Website (opens in new window).
• • The Owl Purdue “How To Do In-Text Author Citations” (opens in new window).
• • The Owl Purdue “How To Cite Books” (opens in new window).
• • The Owl Purdue “How To Cite Journal Articles” (opens in new window).
Failure to provide citations, or any other academically dishonest behavior, will result in a zero. Other forms of academic dishonesty/inappropriate work include: copying/pasting information from a source without proper citation, copying/pasting large portions of a source (even with citation) so that the majority of your work is not your own words, failure to paraphrase and provide citations, fabricating data or sources, and any other behavior listed in the student code of conduct.