Family as a Social Institution

Question 1

What is the definition of family?

Answer 1

universal social institution
unites people in cooperative groups

Question 2

What does social reproduction include?

Answer 2

emotional, mental, and physical labor

Question 3

What are the importance of family?

Answer 3

child development, responsible, and affects success in life

Question 4

What are the basic functions of families?

Answer 4

emotional support, elder care, and raise the next generation.

Question 5

What are the types of families?

Answer 5

traditional family, families we choose, nuclear family, and extended family.

Question 6

What is a traditional family?

Answer 6

related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together and raising children.

Question 7

What are families we choose?

Answer 7

social arrangements including intimate relationships and close familial ties.

Question 8

What is a nuclear family?

Answer 8

a parent or parents and children.

Question 9

What is an extended family?

Answer 9

grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Question 10

What is endogamy?

Answer 10

marrying within one’s ethnic, religious, or cultural group.

Question 11

What is exogamy?

Answer 11

is marrying outside one’s group.

Question 12

What is monogamy?

Answer 12

is marriage to one person at a time (legal in Canada).

Question 13

What is polygamy?

Answer 13

having multiple spouses, which includes polygyny and polyandry.

Question 14

What are the trends in Canadian families regarding marriage and cohabitation?

Answer 14

decreasing marriage rate with cohabiting couples
rising age of first marriage.

Question 15

What are the trends in divorce rates in Canada?

Answer 15

overall decline due to changes in legislation and fewer marriages.

Question 16

What is the trend regarding women having children in Canada?

Answer 16

Women are having children later, with the average age of first-time mothers rising.

Question 17

What is the fertility rate in Canada?

Answer 17

below the replacement rate of 2.1.

Question 18

What is the trend regarding couples without children in Canada?

Answer 18

increasing proportion of couples living without children.

Question 19

What is the trend regarding lone-parent families in Canada?

Answer 19

increase in single-parent households, particularly single mothers.

Question 20

What is the trend regarding living alone in Canada?

Answer 20

More people are living alone, with women outliving men and forming a higher percentage of individuals living alone.

Question 21

What are the changing patterns of childbearing and parenting?

Answer 21

Declining fertility is due to factors like the cost of raising children, women’s labor force participation, and advances in fertility technology.

Question 22

What is the trend regarding the departure of children from home?

Answer 22

More young adults are staying at home longer due to prolonged education and economic factors.

Question 23

What are the conjugal roles in families?

Answer 23

can be segregated (traditional model) or joint (more modern model).

Question 24

What is the shift in conjugal roles?

Answer 24

from complementary to companionate roles, blending traditional breadwinner/caretaker roles.

Question 25

What is gender inequality in unpaid labor?

Answer 25

Women tend to do more unpaid work, including child and elder care, even while employed full-time.

Question 26

What is the ‘double burden’?

Answer 26

The ‘double burden’ refers to women balancing both paid employment and extensive unpaid work.

Question 27

What is the trend in LGBTQ+ families regarding unpaid labor?

Answer 27

LGBTQ+ families show greater equality in sharing unpaid labor.

Question 28

What is the sandwich generation?

Answer 28

refers to Canadians who care for both children and aging parents simultaneously while working full-time jobs.

Question 29

What is the trend in elder care?

Answer 29

increasing demand for elder care, often managed by family members in full-time employment.

Question 30

What are the dynamics of immigrant families?

Answer 30

traditional family roles but often adopt Western norms over time.

Question 31

What are the historical inequities faced by immigrant families?

Answer 31

discriminatory policies
Indigenous women were subject to forced sterilization