Sociology 2235 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Median Income, Stepfamily, Nuclear Family
11 Nov 2020
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Changing trends in the diversity of family forms. Today we are seeing fewer nuclear families, and more people living alone, as couples without children, or as multi-generational families. 2016 census reveals that married couples remain the dominant family form, but is still declining over time with the rise of other family forms. Rise in common-law couples, single-parent households, and individuals living alone (striking 28. 2% increase). Increase in numbers of families with transgender members of any age. families, canadian families today come in a plurality of forms. As a result of social change, including changes in the ways in which we define/count. Just over half were complex stepfamilies that had step/half- siblings: 37. 2% had both of their biological or adoptive parents present + a half-sibling. Recent interest in transnational, multi-local families sparked by the growing awareness of some of the challenges faced by immigrant families, refugee claimants, foreign domestic workers from the caribbean/philippines, migrant workers, visa students, etc.
