SOC 2106 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Outstrip, Online Dating Service, Georg Simmel

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Jean-Francois Chapman

Document Summary

Common law, single parenting, stepfamilies, same-sex is increasingly common: 35% of young adults are still living with parents (student loans, low paying jobs, housing prices, competitive workforce, break ups, as a result: fertility rates decrease. Vancouver, ottawa: 1/8 of same-sex had children living with them vs. 50% of hetero, 2001: census first counted same-sex couples as common-law unions, 2005: marriage became legal for same-sex, result: increase in declared partnerships and same-sex marriage. Fertility trends: the world pattern, declines in fertility rates universally regions began seeing fertility rate reductions in the mid-20th century (asia, declines are least marked where fertility rates declined earlier (europe, north. America: o(cid:373)e (cid:396)egio(cid:374)s do(cid:374)(cid:859)t see a de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e (cid:894)west af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:895, the canadian pattern, more women giving birth in 30s, similar fertility to europe, russia, china, australia. Family as central institution in society, microsm of society (members in unified, productive whole) Gendered division of domestic labour is functional. Fa(cid:373)ilial di(cid:448)isio(cid:374) of la(cid:271)ou(cid:396) is ke(cid:455) to fa(cid:373)il(cid:455)(cid:859)s su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess.