SOC303H1 Lecture Notes - Living Single

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Rather than legal or sociological definitions, we mostly apply personal definitions of family when exposed to the term. Divides access to services; ie gay couples not able to access medical information of partner, etc. Every definition excludes someone, altho we see in the census a steady progression as to what the definition is. Raised in regina, younger sibling to older sister marylin. Small community, spent high school years travelling as part of jewish youth group (main composition of friend group), parents were. The formation of a family is, like the definition of family itself, ambiguous and not clearly defined. Ie does a family start at cohabitation, or formal marriage, or once a child occurs: generally based on personal definitions, raises issues as to benefits and obligations within a family unit. Marriage and divorce rates: crude marriage rate: Total number of marriages in a year, at the mid year population, times 1000: general marriage rate:

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