SOCL 2001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bilateral Descent, The Sociological Imagination, Engagement
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Family- a group of kin united by blood, marriage, or adoption who shares a common residence for some part of their lives and assume reciprocal rights and obligations with regard to one another. But the definition varies depending on who you are and what you believe, wont cover 100% of people. U. s. census doesn"t care a/b family at all. Nuclear family: men + women; man + women +children; two siblings. In u. s. most people live in nuclear families. Less than 10% of white people live in extended family home. About 25% of black, asian, and hispanic families live in extended family homes. Most people will have 2 families [orientation/ procreation] Family of orientation- the family where you came from. Family of procreation- your own family, w/ or w/o kids, w/ or w/o spose. Marriage rules-in u. s. you can marry to only one person at a time [not including divorce and remarriage].
