Families and households Flashcards
1
Q
What is the nuclear family
A
- A married couple with their own children (2 or 3 of them)
- the husband goes out to work and the wife does the domestic duties
- LEACH- cereal packet family
2
Q
What is the extended family
A
- refers to those family members who are outside the ‘nucleus’
- vertical- multiple generations living together
- horizontal- household containing multiple members from the same generation
3
Q
What is the lone parent family
A
- family headed by single adults
- matrifocal- headed by female
- patrifocal- headed by male and also less common
4
Q
What is the reconstituted family
A
- when two nuclear families split and then merge with another
- e.g., step- parents and step- siblings
5
Q
What is the same-sex family
A
- have many forms
- two adults of the same sex
- they can be married/unmarried
- with/without children (biological/adopted)
6
Q
Non- family households
A
Living with friends
Living alone
