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Family
Marriage, Sex, Cohabiters
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
02/13/2013

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Public Family
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1 or 2 adults related by marriage/parenthood/partnership, who take care of dependents & themselves
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Formal Definition of Famil
Definition
2+ people related by blood, marriage or adoption
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Private Family
Definition
2+ people who maintain intimate relationship they expect to last, pool income & labor, meet emotional needs
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Functionalism
Definition
Society/Institutions/Individuals perform necessary functions designed to meet needs of society, men and women need each other
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Conflict/Feminist Theory
Definition
Power, authority, inequality; men over women, old over young, parents over kids
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Symbolic Interaction
Definition
Meaning/exchange symbols, meaning of love, marriage, role of husband & wife
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Difficulties in Family Research
Definition
Inaccurate information, Time consuming, Lack of depth
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Quantitive Data
Definition
WHAT is going on?
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Qualitative Data
Definition
Why is that happening?
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Validity
Definition
Really & accurately measuring concept
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Social Desirability
Definition
Politically correct answers instead of real truth
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Retrospective Accuracy
Definition
Inaccurately remembering
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Familial Mode of Production
Definition
Self-sufficient interdependent units
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Labor Mode of Production
Definition
Work outside home for money to buy needs
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Cult of True Womanhood
Definition
Pious, spiritual, kind; Proper place in home
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Emergence of Childhood
Definition
Kids worked less so they needed protection, 1776-1800's
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Depression Generation
Definition
Disrupted marriage trends, fewer marriages & kids; Not affordable
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Baby Boom
Definition
After war, men home, affordable families & marriages, start of breadwinner-homemaker model
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Decline of family in 1960's
Definition
Economy bottomed out, Sexual & feminist revolutions
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Life Course Perspective
Definition
Connections across people & generations, life course stages, linked loves
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The Silver Ring Thing
Definition
Sex education teaching abstinence until marriage
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Purity Balls
Definition
Daughter pledges her purity to father until marriage
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Hooking up
Definition
Sexual relationships without emotional connections
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Cohabitation
Definition
Live together with romantic partner but married
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Why cohabitation increase over time?
Definition
Hard to afford single living, More acceptance of premarital sex, Uncertain about marriage
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Characteristics of Cohabiters
Definition
Lower education/incomes, Heterogamous couples
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Cohabitation Conceptualizations
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Alternative to single, Marriage process stage, Alternative to marriage
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Cohabitation and Children
Definition
1/2 have kids
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Reasons People get Married
Definition
Public commitment, Enforceable trust, Legal benefits
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Reasons People Delay Marriage
Definition
Career/financially Stability, Confident, Mature
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Marriage Market
Definition
Social & geographic space in which we search for potential partners
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Homogamy
Definition
Marriage between those similar to us
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Heterogamy
Definition
Marry someone with different qualities
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Is marriage good for you?
Definition
YES! Higher income, healthier/live longer, happier
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