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Define household…

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-refers to the place of domesticity. Where a group of people share the same accommodation

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Define Kinship…

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  • refers to relationships based on biological or marital ties.
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Define monogamy

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marriage involving only two people of the opposite sex

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Define polygamy…

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A marriage that involves at least 3 people.

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Define matrilineal..

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of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line

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Define patrilineal..

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relating to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line.

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Define universal

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those that form the basic foun- dation of the discipline found in all human societies and valid for all times.

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Define extended family..

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when three or more generations live together in one household

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Define Matrifocal…

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a concept referring to households that consist of one or more adult women and their children without the presence of fathers

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Define Traditional family..

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a man, woman, and one or more of their biological or adopted children. (a nuclear family)

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Define polygyny..

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  • is where a man can have more than one wife.
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Define polyandry..

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-is where a woman can have more than one husband

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Define serial monogamy…

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married to several people over a lifetime, but one at a time

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Define Nuclear family…

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A family group that consists of married male and female parents with a
small number of dependent children living together in a household or its equivalent.

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Define single- parent family!

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A family headed by 1 parent (90% female)

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Define reconstituted family..

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Families made up of a result of divorce, separation and death of partners. at least 1 partner has children from previous relationship

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Define beanpole family..

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A nuclear family with 1 or 2 children keeping regular contact with grand parents. Multi generation family, slimmed down extended family where vertical links are kept. Due to extended life expectancy and fewer children born

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Define singleton..

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A household where a person lives alone 3/10 households ^

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Define same sex family..

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Relationships between same sex partners. Civil partnerships and legalisation of same sex marriage allow same rights as heterosexuals

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Define Cohabites..

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Couples who live together as man and wife or same sex but aren’t officially married

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Define LATS

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living apart together, couples who have a significant relationship but live a part

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Define family plurality..

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A family where the parents practice polygamy

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Define family diversity

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A broad range of characteristics of dimensions on which families vary

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Define life cycle..

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The socially defined, age related sequence of stages individuals pass through beginning with birth and ending with death

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Define life course..

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A sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts overtime

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Define individualisation..

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Refers to people who choose to act on the basis of what is good for them

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Define sandwich generation..

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This refers to people living longer and having children later, leaving younger children responsible for elderly and parents and own children

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Define child centredness

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  • This refers to parents devoting the majority of their attention and time to child’s needs and interests
29
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Define dual earner..

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refers both partners contribute to the financial support of their household through their work outside the home.

30
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Define triple shift..

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an addition to performing a double shift of both housework and paid work.

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Define dual burden…

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refers to the workload of persons (typically women) who work at paid jobs while also having responsibility for a significant portion of unpaid care work.

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Define boomerang children..

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Children leave home later in life usually due to uni debt. Leave home for uni studies and once completed they return, often staying for longer until more financially secure

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Define neo- conventional families..

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The idea that the nuclear family continues to exist but has changed as women now work

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Why do more people live in lone person households?

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Greater affluence, longer life expectancy, increasing individualism, choice and increased divorce.

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Define secularisation..

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Thé declining influence of religion

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Define fertility..

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The natural capacity to produce children

37
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Define fertility rate…

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The average number of children women will have during their fertile years

38
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Define birth rates..

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The number of live births per 100 of the population per year

39
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Define infant mortality rate..

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: is the number of infants who die before their first birthday, per 1000 babies born alive, per year

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Define dependency ratio…

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is the relationship between the size of the working or productive part of
the population and the size of the non-working or dependent part of the population.

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Define child bearing..

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is the actual physical process of conceiving, being pregnant or carrying a child and the act of giving birth to children.

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define shotgun marriage..

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a marriage forced or required because of pregnancy

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define life expectancy..

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The average age a person can expect to live based on their year of birth, current age and other demographic factors like sex

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Define ageism..

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The negative stereotyping of people on the basis of their age

45
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Define death rate..

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The number of deaths per thousand of the population per year (9.4)

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define single hood..

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the state of being unmarried, condition of having no romantic partner

47
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Define elective single hood..

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Someone who chooses to be a single rather than part of a couple

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Define forced single hood..

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Forced upon someone, may not have been by their specific choiceb

49
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Define creative single hood…

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Choosing a type of single hood which suits the individual personally themselves

50
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Define social construction of age..

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Age isn’t just biological or physiological changes it is also the product of social norms and expectations that apply to each stage of life

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Conjugal roles..

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Refers to the separation of roles within the household based on the individual’s gender.

52
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Toxic childhood?

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-Refers to the damaging effects of the 21st century on children

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Co-parenting?

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This refers to parents sharing the upbringing of their children and the decisions about their children welfare

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Instrumental role..

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) A dominant task oriented leader in the public sphere, taking care of economic needs, and serving as an authority figure that makes decisions within a family.

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Expressive role..

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A passive nurturer, providing emotional support in the private sphere, being responsible for the well-being of family members, and the socialization of children.

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saturated family…

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recent social changes such as increasing social fragmentation and diversity have made family more a matter of personal choice and as a result families have become more unstable and more diverse

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