Being single on Noah's ark
By: Leonard Cargan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780742559585; 9780742559592
Subjects: Single people -- United States; Single people -- United States -- Public opinion; Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States
Description: "Being Single on Noah's Ark is a summary of trends over the past fifty years and further explores studies made in 1980 and 2005 in order to determine whether the stereotypes held about singles were myths or realities."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index
Table of contents: title: The traditional family; title: The growing singles population; title: Singles in the world of the married; title: A changing awareness; title: Behind the titles; title: Family background; title: Sex in the world of singles; title: The use of leisure time; title: Do singles have more fun?; title: Loneliness : the great bugaboo; title: Health dangers; title: The stereotypes reexamined; title: The future; title: Appendix : The questionnaire