key terms Flashcards
beanpole family
a family that is vertically extended but not horizontally extended e.g grandparents, parents, children not aunts, uncles, cousins
birth rate
number of births per thousand of the population per yer
conjugal roles
roles played by husband and wife.
segregated- husband is bread winner and wife is home maker and leisure time is spend separately.
joint - both perform roles and spent leisure times together
control group
control group is not exposed to variable wheras an experimental group is
cultural deprevation
working class are inadequate socialised and lack the right culture needed for educational success
culture
things learned and shared by society or a group of people
death rate
the number of deaths per thousand of the population per year
dependency ratio
relationship between working population and non working population
domestic labour
work performed in the house e.g cooking, cleaning
dual burden
when a person is responsible for paid work and unpaid work
empty shell marriage
couple continue to live under the same roof but as separate individual
expressive role
caring homemaker role in the family
extended family
a group of kin (people related by blood) extended beyond nuclear family
family structure
a group of people that live together as a family unit
fertility rate
average pf children women will have during their fertile years
feminism
sociological perspective and political movement that focuses on women’s oppression and the struggle to end it
household
a group of people that live together and share meals, bills, chores etc
infant mortality rate
number of infants who die before their first birthday , per thousand live births per year
instrumental role
the breadwinner role in the family
life expectancy
how long on average people who are born in a given year can expect to live
living apart together
couples in a significant relationship but not married or cohabiting
marxism
a conflict based on the ideas of Karl Marx. it sees society as divided into two opposed classes
migration
involves the movement of people from place to place
modernism
believe that society gas a fairly clear cut, predictable structure
natural change
difference between the number of births and deaths, resulting in natural decrease or increase
net migration
difference between the number of immigrants to emigrants
norms
social rules, expectations or standards
nuclear familt
two generation family of a man and woman and their dependent children (own or adopted)
patriachy
society based on male domination
primary data
information collected first hand by sociologists
postmodernism
a perspective that rejects the modernists’ belief in progress
re constituted family
a step family
role
how someone who occupies a particular status
socialisation
process of which and individual leans the culture of society
status
a position in society
ascribed- born with it
achieved- result of their effort
symmetrical family
nuclear family with more equal and joint conjugal roles
triple shift
paid work, house work and emotional work
values
ideas, beliefs about general principles
