Homogamy and Social Class: Exploring Why People Marry Within Their Own Class

The Role of Homogamy in Marital Choices

Select one topic from this list and answer the question using a minimum of 6 academic sources. Answer the question using a maximum of 1200 words. Format the essay using either MLA or APA citation style.

Homogamy refers to the fact that people more likely to marry someone within their own social class rather than someone outside their social class? Why does this happen?

Does a person’s social class affect their chances of divorce? In other words, are those from the upper class more likely to divorce or less likely to divorce than those from the lower class? Why?

Is social class related to IQ?

Is social class related to family size?

Is family size related to IQ?

Is family size related to social class?

Is social class related to life expectancy? Do those from the upper class live longer than those in the working class, or is it the opposite? Why? 

Is getting a postsecondary educational qualification still worth it? Compare the success (income, type of job, etc) of those with postsecondary qualifications to those with only high school qualifications.

Are working class students more likely dropout of university than students from the upper class?

Does attending a private high school increase one’s chances of going to university compared to going to a regular high school? Why?

Is parental social class related to their offspring’s cognitive ability?

Why are more women pursuing further education today than they did in the past?

Why do women do more housework then men?

Why do men and women tend to select different types of occupations? In other words: why are women more concentrated in some occupations while men are more concentrated in others?

Why do more women work part-time than men?

Why do women, on average, earn less money than men in the labour market?

What explains why men physically abuse women? 

Do immigrants do as well as Canadian Born individuals in terms of income and educational employment?

Is being born to a single mother related to a person’s race? Are some racial groups more likely to have children?

Why were residential schools created and what was their purpose?

Does smoking marijuana frequently negatively affect academic performance?

Does having an ethnic name rather than an Anglo name affect whether you get a job interview?

Why are Aboriginals less likely to go to university than the average Canadian?

Who is more likely to be selected as a fashion model: a woman of colour with European facial features, or a woman of colour without European facial features?

Why do Jews earn more university degrees than other groups in Canada?

Why do Chinese earn more university degrees than other groups in Canada?

Why do Portuguese have a lower percentage of students graduating high school and attending university than the Canadian average?

Is social class related to the violent crime? Do the lower class commit more violent crime than the upper class?

The crime rate in Canada has been in decline since 1991. Why?

Is Race related to crime?

Does the prison system reform criminals? Does prison reduce recidivism rates? Yes or no and why?  

Does racial profiling reduce crime rates? Why or why not?

Has legalizing abortion caused the crime rate to go down?

Does having sex before marriage increase the likelihood of divorce after marriage? In other words, if you have sex with the person you are going to marry, before you get married, rather than after you get married, does this increase your chances of getting divorced?