FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Birth Weight, Breakup, Joint Custody

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: FNF 100
• Professor: Dan Mahoney

Document Summary

Portrait of families and living arrangements in canada: families, households and marital status 2011 census (statistics canada (2012) www. environicsanalytics. ca. 2011 census enumerated over almost 9 million census families in canada up. Married couples constituted the largest census family group (67%)-marriage persists, most predominant way of living in canada. Their proportion has been steadily decreasing for the past 20 years. Marriage is still the most predominant but it is in decline. A census family is composed of a married couple, or common-law couple, with or without children, or a lone parent living with at least one child in the same dwelling. A couple can be of the opposite sex or of the same sex. Persons not in census families include persons living alone or individuals living with other relatives or non-relatives. Non-census families-new phenomenon, a lot of people living alone, choosing not to marry, or choosing to divorce. Choosing to live a life of being single.