SOC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Nine Changes, Nuclear Family, Fecundity
14 Dec 2015
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Happy families, functional families, good families exist in many forms, and are alike only in their success at serving basic purposes: providing emotional support for family members, taking care of elders, raising the next generation. Before the arrival of europeans, there was diversity among aboriginal families immersed in the workforce throughout the 20th century: patrilineal: determining kinship along the male line, matrilineal: determining kinship along the female line. Women worked for pay only when they were unmarried, have. Men are taking on a greater share of responsibilities around the home. Nuclear family: includes a parent or parent and children. Extended family: includes in addition, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Simple household: consists of unrelated (by blood) adults with or without children. Complex households: includes two or more adults who are related but not married to each other hence could reasonably be expected to live separately. When sociologists talk about family"s diversity they can mean: ex.
