SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nuclear Family, Rationality
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Behaviour is a function at the social conditions under which it occurs: e. g. Pre-industrial family is extended: underlies the nostalgia, the reality is more complex. Births and deaths: about 1 in 3 make it past five! House hold size & composition: crowding. Children: good mothering is an invention of modernization". Edward shorter, the making of the modern family. City, factory: unit of consumption and affect, cult of true womanhood. Richer is better: a theme that will re-appear. Rationality paradox (seemingly) rational procedures that yield irrational outcomes. Recall about half outcomes in mobility models due to chance. Not known people randomly: social structure affects who you know. Students in university: controls: age, wealth, education . Or: filipino = 1. 5% population: tend to know filipinos at higher rate. Social homogamy: similar background , still: seek maximize outcomes. Romantic love operates within the confines of social structure: not random.
