Sociology 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nuclear Family, Ideal Type, Social Inequality
26 Feb 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
These are huge implications for improper development. Family: is an institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including children. Kinship: a social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption is the basis of family structure. Extended family: a unit comprised of relatives in addition to parents and children, all of whom live in the same household. Popular in countries such as latin america, africa, asia and india. Nuclear family: a unit composed of 1 or 2 parents and his/her/their dependent children who live apart from other relatives. (term came after industrialization) Many new types of families: common law, same sex, living apart together, and blended families. % of people in traditional families has declined, many more single-person households. Many women are in the labour market. 50. 4% of women are in the american labour force. Focus has shifted from the needs of children to the needs of adults.
