Terms
a family that one is born into and in which early socialization usually takes place
What is family of orientation?
True or False: education and marital satisfaction are positively correlated
What is true?
The overall trend in recent decades is that cohabitation has been: increasing or decreasing?
What is increasing?
family unit composed of relatives in addition to parents and their dependent children
What is extended family?
Cohabiting couples do not have the same _________rights as married couples.
What is legal?
a son inherits his father's property and sometimes his position upon the father's death
what is patrilineal?
true or false: Polygamy is legal in the United States.
What is false?
The overall trend in recent decades is that divorce rates have been: increasing or decreasing?
What is decreasing?
living together romantically without being married
What is cohabitation?
family formed by having or adopting kids
What is family of procreation?
marrying outside of one's social group
What is exogamay?
marriage rate is declining
What is true?
The overall trend in recent decades is that exogamous marriages have been: increasing or decreasing?
What is increasing?
family unit composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live apart from other relatives
What is nuclear family?
family structure in which authority is held by the eldest male
What is patriarchy?
custom of a married couple living in the same household(or community) as the husband's father
What is patrilocal?
divorce rates shot up after this was introduced in 1970
What is no fault divorce
The overall trend in recent decades is that women are having more children. True or False?
What is false?
type of residential pattern that most Americans follow
What is neolocal?
having more than one wife or husband at the same time
What is polygamy?
What is egalitarian?
the percentage of marriages that end in divorce
What is 39%?
The average age of first marriage continues to: increase or decrease?
What is increase?
concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women
What is polygyny?
Identify at least two benefits of marriage
What is couples are better off financially and emotionally, live longer and are healthier; kids are healthier emotionally and better off financially, etc.