SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence, Nuclear Family
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Nuclear family consists of a cohabiting man and woman who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and have at least one child. Traditional nuclear family a nuclear family in which the husband works outside the home for money and the wife works without pay in the home. Polygamy expands the nuclear family horizontally by adding one or more spouses (usually women) to the household. Extended family expands the nuclear family vertically by adding another generation- one or more of the spouses" parents- to the household. Marriage traditionally defined, is a socially approved, presumably long-term sexual and economic union between a man and women. It involves reciprocal rights and obligations between spouses/parents/kids. Crude divorce rate the number of divorces that occur in a year for every 1000 people in the population. Crude marriage rate the number of marriages that occur in a year for every 1000 people in the population.
