Family

Question 1

Family Definition

Answer 1

“A set of relationships that each patient identifies as a network of individuals who influence each other’s lives, regardless of whether actual biological or legal ties exist”

Question 2

Who is your family?

Answer 2

-Could be you and one sibling
-Could be 8 people living in one household
-Could be one person and their pet
-Could be mother and child
-2 fathers and 1 child
-2 parents 2 children
-3 adults and 2 pets and the people at church
-etc

Question 3

Timeline of changes Family Structure 1991/2001

Answer 3

-1981: First year data are available for common law unions
-2001: same sex common law couples are first counted
-Also in 2001 the census family concept is broadened to include children in census family who were previously married
-41% of marriages will end in divorce
-Multigenerational

Question 4

__% of marriages will end in divorce

Answer 4

41

Question 5

Multi generational

Answer 5

A child and his/her lone parent (middle generation) living in a three generational household

Question 6

Changes to family structure 2006

Answer 6

Same sex married couples are first counted, following the legalization of same sex marriage across Canada in 2005

Question 7

Changes to family structure 2011

Answer 7

Couples with children can be classified as intact families or stepfamilies