overall family revision flashcards
Birth rate
number of live births per thousand
Childhood
socially defined age status, social construction
Instrumental role
breadwinner
Expressive role
emotional needs
Segregated conjugal roles
separate roles
Joint conjugal roles
share tasks
Symmetrical family
family as equal and democratic
March of progress
move towards symmetrical families
Provider ideology
belief that some men hold that they should be breadwinners
Triple shift
housework, paid work and childcare
Cultural explanation of inequality
patriarchal norms and values
Material explanation of inequality
women earning less than men
Division of labour
How tasks are shared
Allowance system
husbands give wives an allowance
Pooling system
joint income
Co-independence
sharing money but remain some control and independence
Dark side of the family
Domestic violence
Cult of childhood
move towards a society which is obsessed with childhood
Information hierarchy
childhood emerged as a separate status along with print literacy
Toxic childhood
technology has ruined childhood
Age patriarchy
inequalities towards the elderly
Acting up/down
acting older/younger to gain control
Functional Fit Theory
family meets the needs of the society
Ideological functions
family socialises children into accepting hierarchy
Unit of consumption
Family is a source of profit and cheap labour
Matrilocal household
All female households
Dependency ratio
relationship between size of working and dependent population
Super-diversity
migrants come from much wider countries
Transnational identity
back and forth movements sees migrants less likely to be loyal to one identity.
Assimilation
encourage migrants to adopt language, culture etc
Multiculturalism
accept separate identities
Desertion
one partner leaves but remain married
Empty shell marriage
Loveless marriage
Secularisation
Less religious influence
Individualisation
pursuing own interests
Pure relationship
satisfying each others needs
Serial monogamy
pattern of marriage/long term relationships
Quasi-marriage
same sex cohabitation
Living apart together
In a relationship but not cohabitating
Perverse incentive
reward irresponsible behaviour
Dispersed extended family
living in same areas but not same house
Beanpole family
long and narrow family tree
Modernist
Fixed, clear cut and predictable structure.
Postmodernist
Chaotic and unpredictable structure
Neo-conventional family
dual earner family
Top down view
Institutions affect behaviour
Divorce extended family
family connected by previous marriages
Individualisation Thesis
free and disembedded from traditional roles
Negotiated family
do not conform to social norms
Connectedness Thesis
choices are made within a web of connectedness
