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Household unit?

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The group of people living together in the same residence, sharing living space.

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Nuclear families?

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Nuclear families consist of an adult man and an adult woman who are married or in a relationship, living together with their dependent children.

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Extended families?

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Extended families consist of nuclear families that live with other relatives such as grandparents, great grandparents, uncles and cousins.

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Kinship?

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When the ties between people are related by descent, marriage or adoption.

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One/Single parent families?

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One parent living together with their dependent children.

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Divorvce?

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The formal, legal ending of a marriage.

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Reconstituted family?

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The new family created when someone remarries due to a divorce or the death of their previous partner.

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Step Parent?

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After remarriage a step parent shares with their partner parental responsibilities for children from previous marriages.

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Step child?

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A child that lives with one biological parent and one step parent.

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Civil partnership?

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A relationship between two people usually of the same sex that has been formally registered giving them rights similar to a married couples.

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Vertically extended families?

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Two generations living together.

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Horizontally extended families?

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People of the same generation living together.

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cerreal packet family?

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The stereotypical family of a nuclear family with traditional gender rolesthat is often shown in advertisement.

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Family Diversity?

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The increase in the number of different types of families.

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Matrifocal families?

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One in which the mother heads the family and the father has a less important role in the family and in the upbringing of the children.

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Matriarchy?

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When the women heads the household with authority over the men and the children in the house.

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Arranged marriage?

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Marriage partner chosen by older family members rather than people choosing their own marriage partner.

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Primary socialisation?

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The process by which infants and young children absorb the norms and values of their culture.

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Patriarchy?

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The control of societies by men

The term used by feminists to refer to societies and institutions ( including family ) in which men are dominant and the women subordinate.

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Feminism?

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A theoretical perspective focused on issues regarding gender inequality and on the position of women in the family and in society.

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Commune?

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A group of people who choose to live together sharing at least some of their property.

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One person household?

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When only one person lives in a residence.

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Traditional societies?

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Non-modern societies contrasted with modern industrial societies.

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Monogamy?

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Being married to one person at a time.

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Serial monogamy?

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When someone has more than one marriage partner in their life, but only one at a time.

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Polygamy?

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Being married to more than one person at the same time.

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Polyandry?

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When a women has more than one husband at the same time.

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Polygyny?

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When a man has more than one wife at the same time.

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Cohabition

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2 unmarried people living together in an intimate relationship.

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Marriage.

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The formal joining of a man and woman in a relationship with rights and responsibilities.

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Martial breakdown.

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When a marriage has broken down so that the couple is no longer living as husband and wife.

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Secularisation.

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The process through which religion has become less important in the daily lives of people in modern industrial societies.

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Empty shell marriage.

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A married couple that continues to live together with out love or affection.

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Family roles.

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The parts played by the different members of the family.

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Conjugal roles.

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The roles undertaken by the husband and wife resulting from the domestic division of labour.

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Joint conjugal roles.

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The husband and wife carry out various tasks and activities together, without a clear division of labour.

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Traditional conjugal roles.

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The segregated roles assumed to be normal in the the traditional nuclear family.

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Symmetrical family.

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Symmetrical family: families in which the conjugal roles have become more equal.

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Dual worker families.

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Families in which both the man and the woman do paid worker.

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Gender equality.

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When men and women have equal rights, status and roles.

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Child centredness.

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When the child’s wants and needs are the most important consideration.

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Empty nest families.

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Families in which the parents are living together after the adult children have moved out.

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Boomerang families.

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Boomerang families, in which the adult children have moved out but then return.

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Pivot generation.

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Parents that are giving considerable support to their children and their parents.

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Segregated conjugal roles.

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When a husband and wife have clearly different roles in the family as well as different interests and activities.

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Domestic division of labour?

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The way in which tasks in the house (such as cleaning, repairing and cooking etc) are divided between men and women.

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Dual burden

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The burden of the women who do both paid work as well as look after the family. Sometimes the term triple burden/shift is used as well to include the labour of looking after the emotional needs/wellbeing of the family members.

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Dark side of the family.

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The negative aspects of family life such as arguments, violence, neglect and abuse.

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Dysfunctional family.

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Family that fails to carry out the functions expected of it.

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Domestic violence

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Violence with in the family. Usually but not always by men against women. This refers to not only physical violence but patterns of controlling behaviour including emotional manipulation.

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Industrialisation

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The process through which in history societies moved from being rural and based on agriculture to being urban with more people living in cities.

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Urbanisation

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The growth of cities so that a higher proportion of the population live in cities.

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Modern industrial societies

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Created by industrialisation; societies that today have industrial economies and high urban population.

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DINK families

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Double income, no kids.

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Beanpole families

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Families with one or very few children combined with rising life expectancy.

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Death rate.

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The number of deaths per year per 1000 people of the population.

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Demographic trends

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The pattern in changes of demographics measures such as birth and death rates.

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Fertility rate

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The number of live births per 1000 women of child bearing age in the population.

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Birth rate

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The number of live births per year per 1000 people in the population.

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