Family and Marriage (Unit 6)

Question 1

Marriage

Answer 1

A legally binding union between individuals to become part of a family together

Question 2

The “Marriage Gap”

Answer 2

Those with a higher education are more likely to get married and stay married as apposed to those who aren’t as educated

Question 3

Divorce

Answer 3

Breaking the legally binding contract that made made as marriage, and separating as a couple

Question 4

“Boomerang Kids”

Answer 4

Children moving out of their parent’s house only to move back in after going through financial hardship, an eviction, a divorce/breakup, etc

Question 5

Family

Answer 5

A group of individuals unified by blood or adoption

Question 6

Nuclear Family

Answer 6

A structure of a family that became the ideal in the 1950s–it being a father and a mother who are married, and their two biological children

Question 7

Family of Procreation

Answer 7

The family that you are attached to biologically

Question 8

Cohabitation

Answer 8

A couple living together even if they aren’t married

Question 9

Blended Family

Answer 9

A family that consists of children that are from either of the partner’s previous relationships and the children of their current relationship

Question 10

Functions of the Family

Answer 10

The goals that a family is there to achieve while raising a child to prepare them for the world