Family &Households kw Flashcards
What is a household?
A household is a person living alone or a group of people living together.
What is a beanpole family?
A beanpole family is a multi generational extended family e.g. 4 generations with few children.
What is the definition of birth rate?
Birth rate is the number of babies per 1000 per year.
What is a civil partnership?
A legally recognised union of a man and a woman in a committed relationship.
What is cohabitation?
Cohabitation is when 2 people are living together in the same household in an intimate/ committed relationship without being officially married.
What is individualisation?
Individualisation is the process where traditional norms and values weaken and individuals feel free to make life choices e.g. secularisation.
What is the instrumental role?
The provider / breadwinner role which involves going out to work and earning money for the family.
What are gender roles?
The social positions and occupations we associate with men and women.
What is globalisation?
Globalisation is the increasing interconnectedness of societies across the globe.
What is an ideological function?
This term refers to the ways institutions spread ideas in society through dominant groups e.g. ISA- Althusser.
What is an extended family?
Family that goes beyond the traditional nuclear family including grandparents and cousins.
What are gender norms?
Gender norms are the ‘expected’ patterns of behaviour associated with masculinity and femininity.
What are economic factors?
This term refers to things to do with money e.g. the amount of wealth / income a family or individuals have.
What is emotion work?
This is how individuals act in ways that would be of emotional benefit to others.
What is the definition of death rate?
The number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year.
What is the definition of dual burden?
When someone does both paid work and a significant amount of domestic labour such as housework( radical feminists use this term).
What is the commercialisation of housework?
This is where the introduction of new technology has led to new products which reduces the amount of domestic labour people have to do at home e.g. hoovers , washing machines and microwaves.
What is a nuclear family ?
A nuclear family is a family that consists of a married couple and dependent children.
What is a classic extended family?
A male headed family that consists of his wife , children and ageing parents.
What is a lone parent family?
A family that consists of a single parent with dependent children , common after divorce / separation.
What is a reconstituted/ blended family?
The joining of 2 adults who have children from previous relationships
