Chapter 10 - Family Flashcards
What is a nuclear family
includes a parent/parents and children
What is extended family
grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins
what is a Matrilineage
line of descendants that follows the mothers line
what was the common way for the Wendat to refer to family
hwatsir (matrilineage)
What is a simple household
consists of unrelated adults with or without children
what is a complex household
two or more adults who are related but not married
What is statistics Canada
they kept track and published annual marriage rates and divorce rates
what do marriage rates tell us
how Canadians are coming together in social groups for comfort care and support
Why did statistics Canada stop collecting data on marriage and divorce in 2011
because marriage and divorce became difficult to define, not all provinces recognized common law marriage the same
what is the first change in Canadian families
the marriage rate is decreasing and the cohabitation rate is increasing
what is the crude marriage rate
the number of marriages that occur in a year per 1000 people
why was the crude marriage rate low in 1920
because many young men died during world war 2 and then the Spanish flu epidemic
what two provinces were the first to legalize same sex marriage in 2003
BC and Ontario
