SOCL 2001 : Exam 4 Notes
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Family as one of the social institutions: interdependence all the social institutions affect each other (economy, religion, etc. ) Family is difficult to define because of different meanings in different societies: family vs. household , household: people that live together (related or not, nuclear family: husband, wife, and kids, extended family: multiple generations. When couple has kids, woman does more work: marital quality: satisfaction, happiness, etc. (u-shaped) Religion: a social institution that deals with the area of life people believe as sacred. It consists of people"s beliefs, community of believers, and rituals or ceremonies. Distribution of religion in the world: christianity is majority. Us is not decreasing in religion: religious pluralism: available choices. find in book, where more religious choices are available, people are more likely to be religious, big increase in roman catholic since 1980 because of immigration. Religion and other institutions: education: creationalism (genesis) vs.
