SOCB49H3 Lecture : Family in Transition
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Objective: we are going to talk about the overall trend that show how families in canada, and how they are making different phases, and making different lives and experiences. Have a general understanding of trends, and to be able to read statistics and interpret the statistics in a sociological ways. And we are going to use examples to show you how to do it. What is the implication to all the changes to the micro level (individual experience), and apply the understanding to personal experiences. What we have seen over the last decade is that things are changing; things have changed and will continue to change in regards to family life and composition. The census stats can, in 2006, they identified new features in families and composition. Features: first feature has to do with same sex marriage. Before it was illegal so they did not collect the data.