HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Married People
21 Mar 2017
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Family life: a scene of stability and change. Focus on family ties rather than co-residence. Co(cid:374)sider the fa(cid:373)ily as a (cid:862)fluid(cid:863) set of relatio(cid:374)s that e(cid:271)(cid:271)s a(cid:374)d flo(cid:449)s o(cid:448)er ti(cid:373)e (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) a(cid:374)d across generations: as the family unit ages it moves through time, family unit obtains new members, overlapping roles. Pyramid family structure: 2 people together have children and then those children have kids also, growing, more people from people. Life course perspective helps explain dynamic nature of family life and social relations. Cha(cid:374)ges i(cid:374) (cid:373)arital status ofte(cid:374) lead to (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge i(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)"s so(cid:272)ial status and social networks: defines their social connections, widowhood changes. Nearly all canadians will marry at least once in their lifetime. In 2011, 72. 1% of senior men and 43. 8% of senior women lived in a couple: men marry younger women, men tend to get remarried. More than 60% of those who marry stay married to the same person and celebrate their.
