SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Time Series, Civil Marriage, Nuclear Family
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Traditional nuclear family: a nuclear family in which the husband works outside the home for money, while the wife works without pay in the home. Nuclear family: consists of a cohabiting man and woman who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and have at least one child. In both it involves a common-law relationship or marriage between a man and a woman. The only difference is that in a traditional nuclear family, the woman stays home while the man goes out to work. The first big family is a traditional nuclear family. It is much less common than it was decades ago. The estimated cost of raising a child to the age of 18 is about ,000/ year. The second family is divorced, but still a nuclear family. The mother is also working outside the home, because it"s hard to get by with one income these days.
