PSYC 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United States Census Bureau, Nuclear Family, Family Therapy
5 May 2019
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Jan 9th, lecture 1: short answers will come from lecture material. They are usually application based: exams are 2 hours, no class after, defining family: family mostly is the basic unit of human organization. Definition is important for entitlement, benefits, sanctions purposes eg. family rate for admission to amusement parks: what is a family research in 2000 99% of people said that family is a married couple with children. This definition is also problematic increasing number of couples never have children. There is no precise legal definition for family: us census bureau family consist of two or more people, one of whom is the householder, related by birth, marriage, or adoption residing in the same housing unit. Australian gov: family is an inclusive term for people who care, support, and protect each other: census data distinguishes between households and family. There have been shifts in the structure of families, women work now and are breadwinners.
