SOCI 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Cultural Reproduction, Online Dating Service, General Social Survey
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Popular notions: sites of attachment, emotional intensity, and sentimentality. Families are vital for individuals and for the state. Families become such a dominant site that is displayed through popular culture. An adequate definition of family is impossible and undesirable. Survey (2010)- the presence of children is a key indicator in constituting. Definitions vary- situational (pension, schools, social policies). Ideally understood as fluid because the definition of family changes constantly. 1981 data collected on common-law unions. 2001 same-sex common-law couples first counted. 2001 previously married children included in census family. 2001 skip-generation families (mother or father are absent, grandparents take care of their grandchildren) 2001 a child and his or her lone-parent living in a three-generation household. 2011 same-sex couples are 0. 8% of all couples in canada: 32. 5% are married, 67. 5% are common-law, compared with 16. 5% married 2006. 2011 inclusion of stepfamilies (2 types: simple.
