SOCIOL 3CC3 Chapter Notes -Social Exchange Theory, Online Dating Service, Personal Advertisement
Document Summary
In 2006 for the first time in canadian census history, married and common- law couples, with and without children included same sex and heterosexual unions. Today, canadian families come in a plurality of forms. Blended families- composed of a child born to the couple, in addition to children born from a previous union of one of the two spouses. Transnational/ multilocal families- people who are temporarily separated from their children and spouses as part of a strategy to secure a better economic future and opportunities for their family. Satellite families a term first used in the 1980"s to describe chinese children whose parents were immigrants to north america, but who have returned to their original country of origin after immigration and left children in canada. A lot of younger canadians find themselves increasingly unable to leave their parental homes and establish independent households.
