FRHD 3060 Final: Readings (Second half of class) Final

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At one time, family meant a social group in which membership was determined by blood or marriage ties. Family life trajectories were thought to be relatively constant and common. Most older people prefer (cid:498)intimacy at a distance(cid:499) living independently yet being. Older members of some ethnic groups prefer to live with children or have to because of financial or health reasons: women tend to value more than men. An economic family is a group of two or more persons who are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption, and who live in the same dwelling. Family and kinship units are social constructions. Life course perspective enables us to examine change and stability in the structure, transitions and relations within family units across time. Myth that multi-generational families were common in the past: not true during the first half of the previous century, multi-generational. In recent decades 5 major changes in family and kinship structures.