Chapter 12 Flashcards
Family
aging society
One where the number of years one can expect to live after age 65 increases and fertility rates decline to below replacement level, which is 2.1
caregiver burden
The extent to which caregivers believe that their emotional balance, physical health, social life, and financial status suffer because of their caregiver role (Zarit, Todd, and Zarit 1986).
endogamy
Norms requiring or encouraging people to choose a partner from the same social category as their own.
exogamy
Norms requiring or encouraging people to choose a partner from a social category other than their own.
family
A social institution that binds people together through blood, marriage, law, and/or social norms. Family members are generally expected to care for and support each other.
ideal
A standard against which real cases can be compared.
informal care
The caregiving that family members, neighbors, and friends provide in a home setting.
life chances
The probability of engaging in critical experiences that increase likelihood of obtaining advantaged status whether that be surviving the first year of life, earning a graduate degree, living independently in old age, living free of disease, and so on.
life expectancy
The average number of years after birth a person can expect to live.
productive work
Work that involves “the production of the means of existence, of food, clothing, and shelter and the tools necessary for that production” (Engels 1884).
reproductive work
Work that involves bearing children, caregiving, managing households, and educating children.
secure parental employment
A situation in which at least one parent or guardian is employed full time (
35 or more hours per week for at least 50 weeks in the past year).
total fertility rate
The average number of children that a woman bears in her lifetime
