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Title: Family


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Family
2
Family types
  • Nuclear (Parents children)
  • Extended (Parents, children, other kin)
  • Blended

3
Marriage patterns
  • Endogamy
  • Same social category
  • People marry others that are socially like
    themselves
  • Exogamy (Outside)

4
Spouses
  • Monogamy
  • Polygamy
  • Polygyny
  • Polyandry

5
Social exchange theory
  • Individuals select partners who offer as much as
    they do
  • Marriage as negotiation
  • Families have become more egalitarian overt the
    last century in high income nations

6
Sandwich generation
  • Caring for both children and aging parents
  • In high income nations, children have become a
    liability.

7
Empty nest
  • Children have grown and left home
  • Difficult transition

8
Parental adjustments
  • Retirement
  • Care of grandchildren
  • Death of a spouse
  • Most difficult transition in married life

9
Traditional family is eroding
  • Singlehood in up
  • Divorce is up
  • More children are born to single mothers

10
Factors increasing divorce
  • Rising Individualism
  • Romantic love often subsides
  • Financial strains
  • Women are less economically dependent on men

11
Highest risk of divorce
  • Young people who marry after short courtship

12
Cohabitation
  • Increased sharply since 1970
  • Usually short duration
  • May actually discourage marriage

13
Child abuse
  • Adult abusers were abused themselves
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