SOC 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sexual Assault, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Sharecropping
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Us census: group of 2 or more people who reside together, who are related by birth, marriage or adoption. Idealized families of 1950s-> breadwinner husband, homemaker wife, 2 or more children. Nuclear family-> husband, wife and children in one household. Relationships within families are idealized- heterosexual, monogamous children. Only 10% of families fit the 1950s breadwinner model. Less than 25% of households are nuclear families. Only of all households include children under 18 years old. Most common household today is married couple without children. Family changes to consider: marriages are occurring later in life, fewer people are getting married, unmarried couples frequently cohabitate, most people are living alone, single parent homes are on the rise, esp. Single father households: some cohabitants maintain gay/lesbian domestic partnerships, many adult children live with their parents, parenthood is frequently postponed and fertility has declined. Ignores the structural reasons for family breakdown c.
