SOC 1101 Lecture : 7. Social Institutions.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Liam Kilmurray

Document Summary

Taking apart social institutions: purpose: ideology of institutions goal, structure: organization of institution, social relations: reality for people involved, outcome: is purpose achieved in structure and social relations. Family: people related by blood, marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship), or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society. 6 functions: purpose of family: sexual function, reproductive function, caring function, socialization function, emotional function, economic function. Monogamy: 2 people married only to each other. Serial monogamy: more than one legal spouse in lifetime but only one at a time. Polygamy: more than one legal spouse at a time. Polygyny: more than one legal wife at a time. Polyandry: more than one legal husband at a time. 19% of all canadian adults in 2006 census. 31& of adults in quebec in 2006 census. Couples under the age of 40: 34% in canada and 70% in quebec: childless couples. 43% of couples in 2006 have no children.