Chapter 10 Flashcards
companionate roles ( botts joint roles)
breadwining and caretaking roles overlap
commplementary roles (botts egregated roles)
cast men primarily as earners, women as childcarers
Bott Hypothesis, two types characterized by Elizabeth Bott
- Segregated: tasks, interests, & activities clearly different
- Joint: many tasks, interests & activites are shared
conjugal (marital) roles:
the distinctive roles of the husband and wife that result from the division of labour within the family
cluttered nest, and its causes
adult child continuing to live with their parents
causes; prolonged education, returning after education, cost of living, later marrage
Replacement rate
the number of children that the average women must bear if the overall population is to continue at the same level, 2.1
Nuclear family
a parent or parents and children
total fertility rate
estimate of the number of children a women will bear if the overall population is to continue at the same level, 1.51, 1.54
Fecundity
the physical ability to concieve,
What are the nine chanes in the Canadian family
- marriage decrease, cohabitation increase
- marrying younger
- more divorcies
- women having children in their thirties
- children per family has dropped below replacement rate
- equal couples, kids vs no kids
- children leaving home at later age
- more lone partent families
- more people living alone
comple households
two or more adults who are related but not married to eachother and could be resaonably expected to live seperatly
simple households
unrelated adults with or without children