Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Queer Theory, Preterm Birth, Birth Weight
16 Dec 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Heterosexual monogamy: exclusive pair-bonding between two opposite sex persons. Changing patterns and structures in canadian families and households. 20 percent of children 14 and under were living with lone parents in 2011; they report, of these 1,078,575 children, 82. 3% lived with female lone parents. Statistics canada observes that the annual rate for both marriage and divorce has been declining since the 1990s. There is an increasing tendency to cohabit, particularly among younger divorced persons and among divorced men. Most canadians still wish to marry, with average ages for marriage being for women and 30 for men. Increases in divorce and lone parent families signal a breakdown of the family. Breakdown of the family as one of the primary social problems in the world today a problem of such magnitude that it leads to such secondary social problems as crime, poverty, and substance abuse. How social class and power influence marriages and families.
