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What is a family?
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?
What defines a nuclear family?
A family form that consists of one or both parents and their children.
What is a family of orientation?
What is a family of orientation?
A nuclear family into which the person is born or adopted.
What is a family of procreation?
What is a family of procreation?
What is an extended family?
What is an extended family?
What is kinship?
What is kinship?
What is monogamy?
What is monogamy?
What is polygamy?
What is polygamy?
What is homogamy?
What is homogamy?
What is heterogamy?
What is heterogamy?
In no-fault divorce, neither spouse is required to prove fault.
In no-fault divorce, neither spouse is required to prove fault.
What is an empty nest?
What is an empty nest?
What are day-care centers?
What are day-care centers?
What is the sandwich generation?
What is the sandwich generation?
What is voluntary childlessness?
What is voluntary childlessness?
What are blended families?
What are blended families?
What is an arranged marriage?
What is an arranged marriage?
What is a spouse?
What is a spouse?
What are dual-earner families?
What are dual-earner families?
What does 'DINKS' refer to?
What does 'DINKS' refer to?
What is the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)?
What is the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)?
What is polyandry?
What is polyandry?
What is patrilocality?
What is patrilocality?
What is matrilocality?
What is matrilocality?
What is neolocality?
What is neolocality?
What is tertiary?
What is tertiary?
What are the three major family systems?
What are the three major family systems?
What are the five basic functions of the family?
What are the five basic functions of the family?
What is an industrial society?
What is an industrial society?
What are postindustrial societies?
What are postindustrial societies?
How many children under the age of 18 witness the split of their parents in the U.S.?
How many children under the age of 18 witness the split of their parents in the U.S.?
What percentage of couples marry someone of a different race in the U.S.?
What percentage of couples marry someone of a different race in the U.S.?
What percentage of women were victims of murder in 2004?
What percentage of women were victims of murder in 2004?
Today, statistics prove family violence is increasing.
Today, statistics prove family violence is increasing.
Identify three of the four reasons why divorce is more common now in the U.S.
Identify three of the four reasons why divorce is more common now in the U.S.
List the four types of common families.
List the four types of common families.
Women experience more distress and are unhappy when the last child moves out.
Women experience more distress and are unhappy when the last child moves out.
What percentage of married women are in the labor force today?
What percentage of married women are in the labor force today?
Children of working married moms are at a disadvantage compared to those whose moms do not work outside the marriage.
Children of working married moms are at a disadvantage compared to those whose moms do not work outside the marriage.
Moms who have kids under the age of six work more often than moms who have kids ages 6-17.
Moms who have kids under the age of six work more often than moms who have kids ages 6-17.
Identify the benefits of the FMLA.
Identify the benefits of the FMLA.
How many millions take advantage of the FMLA each year in the U.S.?
How many millions take advantage of the FMLA each year in the U.S.?
How do daughters of working mothers benefit?
How do daughters of working mothers benefit?
What problems are facing single-parent families?
What problems are facing single-parent families?
What percentage of kids are living in step-families in the U.S.?
What percentage of kids are living in step-families in the U.S.?
How many years does it take to accept a step-parent like a biological parent?
How many years does it take to accept a step-parent like a biological parent?
Many remarriages in the U.S. last until the death of a spouse.
Many remarriages in the U.S. last until the death of a spouse.
In a dual-earner family, who does the majority of the housework?
In a dual-earner family, who does the majority of the housework?
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!
