chapter 2 (historical perspectives of canadian families)

Question 1

gemeinschaft

Answer 1

a type of community typical of preindustrial rural life; everyone knows everyone else and people share common values.

Question 2

mechanization of housework

Answer 2

the introduction of new home technologies. home economists worked to raise the esteem of homemakers by promoting the idea that the new home technologies needed skilled operators.

Question 3

demographic transition

Answer 3

the transition to low fertility in the west, which began around 1870, is called the first demographic transition. brought births into line with a sharply reduced death rate. a second demographic transition, in the second half of the twentieth century, brought birth rates to an even lower level, in line with new lifestyle goals and family practices.

Question 4

demographers

Answer 4

people who study population changes such as births , deaths, and migrations.

Question 5

family allowances

Answer 5

monthly payments started in canada after WWII to give women compensation as well as recognition for child rearing. based on the number of children at home and went to all women with children, but not to men.