family

Question 1

family does not have a clear definition as it is different to everyone

Question 2

roles of family:

what do institutions do?

characteristics:

Answer 2

roles: emotional support, socialisation, love, reproduction, economic stability, division of labor, housing, care for the elderly
institutions: provide structure for behaviour and uphold social order

Characteristics: order, prone to resisting change

Question 3

types:

Answer 3

nuclear family: 2 kids boy and girl, heterosexual, married

extended:

multi generational: household with 2 or more different generations under 1 roof

gay/lesbian: gays

single: single person living on their own
blended: family with children from previous marriages

step

adoptive

Question 4

what makes family change:

Answer 4

wars, immigration

divorce, remarriage

recession

death, birth