SOC303H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Extended Family, Compulsory Education, Relative Risk
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Today: wrapping up family complexity and heterogeneity, transition to adulthood. Development of family complexity over time: family complexity is not new, the low family complexity that was observed in the 1950s= anomaly. In the early 1900s- the family distribution was generally contributed to widows- form complex family. Processing driving family complexity: non marital childbearing not necessarily lone mothers it"s most frequently happening in cohabiting unions, separation and divorce, step family formation, childbearing in new unions forming half children. **1 and 2 contribute to pool of people at risk of forming complex families. *** 3 and 4 contribute directly to greater complexity. *family complexity due to widowhood is emotionally stressful due to the death of a parent. *quality of family has differed with this regard- family disruption due to divorce and separation- there is added complexity that the children need to deal with to continue to maintain a relationship with their biological parents.
