Family Concepts and Marriage Types
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What is a family?

A group of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption and who often live together and share economic resources.

What defines a nuclear family?

A family form that consists of one or both parents and their children.

What is a family of orientation?

A nuclear family into which the person is born or adopted.

What is a family of procreation?

<p>A nuclear family consisting of an individual, his or her spouse, and their children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an extended family?

<p>A family form that consists of three or more generations of a family sharing the same residence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is kinship?

<p>A network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is monogamy?

<p>The marriage of one man to one woman.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is polygamy?

<p>A marriage with multiple partners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is homogamy?

<p>The tendency of individuals to marry people with social characteristics similar to their own.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is heterogamy?

<p>The tendency of individuals to marry people with social characteristics different from their own.</p> Signup and view all the answers

In no-fault divorce, neither spouse is required to prove fault.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an empty nest?

<p>When the children grow up and leave home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are day-care centers?

<p>Places, programs, or organizations that take care of children or sick adults during the day.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the sandwich generation?

<p>A group of Americans caught between the needs of their children and their aging parents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is voluntary childlessness?

<p>The conscious choice to remain childless.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are blended families?

<p>A family consisting of a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an arranged marriage?

<p>A marriage planned and agreed to by the families or guardians of the bride and groom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a spouse?

<p>A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are dual-earner families?

<p>Families in which both husband and wife have jobs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'DINKS' refer to?

<p>Married couple with dual income and no children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)?

<p>A labor law requiring larger employers to provide employees unpaid leave for serious health conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is polyandry?

<p>A woman with multiple husbands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is patrilocality?

<p>Residence of a couple with the husband's family or tribe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is matrilocality?

<p>Residence of a newly married couple with the wife's family.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is neolocality?

<p>Having a new location; located apart from the families of either spouse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is tertiary?

<p>Third in order or level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three major family systems?

<p>Divorce, Empty Nest, Death of a Spouse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the five basic functions of the family?

<p>Regulate sexual activity, reproduction, socialization, economic, and emotional security.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an industrial society?

<p>A society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are postindustrial societies?

<p>A social system in which most economic activity is concerned with providing services based on knowledge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many children under the age of 18 witness the split of their parents in the U.S.?

<p>1 million.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of couples marry someone of a different race in the U.S.?

<p>4%.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of women were victims of murder in 2004?

<p>75% were women.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Today, statistics prove family violence is increasing.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Identify three of the four reasons why divorce is more common now in the U.S.

<p>Laws are less complicated, day care and financially independent women, society is more tolerant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

List the four types of common families.

<p>Dual-earner, one-parent, no kids, step-families.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Women experience more distress and are unhappy when the last child moves out.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of married women are in the labor force today?

<p>61%.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Children of working married moms are at a disadvantage compared to those whose moms do not work outside the marriage.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Moms who have kids under the age of six work more often than moms who have kids ages 6-17.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Identify the benefits of the FMLA.

<p>12 weeks unpaid leave for moms or dads, arrange for adoptions, care for sick people, child or parent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many millions take advantage of the FMLA each year in the U.S.?

<p>3 million women and men.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do daughters of working mothers benefit?

<p>Better self-esteem, more independent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What problems are facing single-parent families?

<p>Responsibility overload, task overload, emotional overload.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of kids are living in step-families in the U.S.?

<p>17%.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many years does it take to accept a step-parent like a biological parent?

<p>4 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Many remarriages in the U.S. last until the death of a spouse.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a dual-earner family, who does the majority of the housework?

<p>Women.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Family Concepts

  • A family is defined as a group related by marriage, blood, or adoption, often living together and sharing resources.
  • Nuclear family comprises one or both parents and their children.
  • Family of orientation refers to the nuclear family in which a person is born or adopted.
  • Family of procreation consists of an individual, their spouse, and their children.
  • Extended family includes three or more generations residing together.
  • Kinship forms a network of relationships through marriage, birth, or adoption.

Marriage Types

  • Monogamy is the marriage of one man to one woman.
  • Polygamy involves marriage with multiple partners.
  • Homogamy is the tendency to marry individuals with similar social characteristics.
  • Heterogamy refers to marrying someone with different social characteristics.

Divorce and Family Dynamics

  • No-fault divorce does not require proving fault from either spouse.
  • An empty nest occurs when children grow up and leave home.
  • The sandwich generation consists of adults balancing the needs of children and aging parents.
  • Voluntary childlessness is a conscious decision to remain child-free.

Family Structures

  • Blended families combine couples and their children from previous relationships.
  • Arranged marriage involves families planning the marriage with little input from the couple.
  • Dual-earner families have both partners working.
  • "DINKS" refers to dual-income couples with no children.

Family Laws and Statistics

  • FMLA requires larger employers to provide unpaid leave for family-related health issues or newborns.
  • Polyandry is the practice of a woman having multiple husbands.
  • Patrilocality means couples reside with the husband's family; matrilocality indicates they live with the wife's family.
  • Neolocality refers to couples establishing a residence away from either family.

Society and Family Changes

  • Industrial societies rely on technological mass production; postindustrial societies focus on service-based economies.
  • Approximately 1 million children in the U.S. witness their parents' divorce.
  • About 4% of couples in the U.S. are interracial.
  • Women represented 75% of murder victims in 2004.

Family Function and Challenges

  • Five basic functions of families: regulating sexual activity, reproduction, socialization, economic stability, and emotional security.
  • Common family types include dual-earner, single-parent, childless, and step-families.
  • The empty nest experience may lead to more time for parents rather than distress.
  • 61% of married women are part of the labor force today.

Myths and Realities

  • Working children of married mothers do not experience disadvantages compared to those whose mothers do not work.
  • Mothers with children under six do not work more than those with older children.
  • Benefits of FMLA include 12 weeks of unpaid leave for new parents and care for sick relatives.
  • Around 3 million people utilize FMLA annually in the U.S.

Additional Insights

  • Daughters of working mothers show improved self-esteem and independence.
  • Single-parent families often face responsibility, task, and emotional overload.
  • Approximately 17% of children live in step-families.
  • It typically takes about four years for children to accept a step-parent like a biological one.
  • Most household responsibilities in dual-earner families are undertaken by women.

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Explore the various definitions of family, including nuclear, extended, and kinship structures. This quiz also covers different marriage types, such as monogamy, polygamy, and the dynamics of divorce in family life. Test your understanding of these concepts!

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