Types of Families and Family Arrangements
A married heterosexual couple and their young children living by themselves under one roof.
What is the nuclear family?
A family where both spouses share authority equally.
What is the egalitarian family?
The family performs several essential functions for society such as the socialization of children, providing emotional and practical support for its members, regulating sexual activity, and sexual reproduction.
What is the Functionalist perspective on family?
Percentage of US persons aged 40-44 whose marital status was "married" in the 2019 Census
What is 66%?
Annette Lareau found that (blank) were less able to expose their children to cultural experiences outside the home or to develop their talents in the arts or other areas
What are low-income parents?
A family in which parents, children, and other relatives live in the same household
What is an extended family?
Inheritance passes through the male line.
What is patrilineal?
The family contributes to social inequality by reinforcing economic inequality and patriarchy.
What is the Conflict theory of family?
Median Age at first marriage in the US.
What is almost 30 years for men and 28 years for women?
These individuals reported increasing anxiety and depression in 2020.
Who are working mothers?
Marriage within a social category or group, including race, ethnicity, social class, and religion
What is endogamy
Inheritance passes through the female line.
What is matrilineal?
The interaction of family members and intimate couples involves a shared understanding of their situation. Couples have different communication styles, and social class affects the expectations that spouses have of marriage and each other.
What is the Symbolic Interactionist view of family?
Percentage of children in the US under 18 years of age living with both parents.
What is 70%?
These individuals reported lower anxiety in 2020.
Who are working fathers?
When a Catholic marries a Muslim; or when a member of the Cherokee nation marries outside the nation?
What is Exogamy?
A family where the husband and father holds the main authority in the household.
What is the patriarchal family?
While not true for most of the world, romantic love is the common basis for dating and marriage in the US.
What is the Symbolic Interactist perspective on family?
Percentage of all children under 18 years of age living in poverty in the US.
What is 16%?
Proportion or percentage of US women who have been assaulted by an intimate partner.
What is 1/3rd or 33%?
A group of two or more people who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or a mutual commitment and who care for one another.
What is family?
A family where the wife and mother holds the main authority in the household.
What is the matriarchal family?
Family provides its members with a social identity. Sudden or far-reaching changes in the family's structure or processes threaten its stability and weaken society.
What is the Functionalist perspective on family?
Percentage of all people living in poverty in the US who are under the age of 18.
What is 31%
The US government estimates that nearly 675,000 children experience this annually.
What is child neglect or child abuse?