Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Prenatal Care, Medicine Wheel, Social Disorganization Theory
21 Mar 2016
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July 19, 2005 bill c-38; equal marriage rights to same sex couple. 2001 netherlands becomes irst country in the world to legalize same sex marriage. Polygamy: one person may have 2 or more spouses (illegal since 1878) Polygyny: one man, muliple wives: most common, sub-saharan africa. Polyandry: one women, muliple husbands: tibetans and various african groups. Census family: married couple (with/without children), common law couple (with/without children) or lone parent of any marital status with at least one never-married child living in same dwelling. Decline in having children in general: delaying it. Divorce, separaion and births outside of marriage primary factors in creaing lone parent families: 20% of children under 14 majority living with mother. Divorce, remarriage and stepfamilies becoming more common: divorce act 1968 easier to get a divorce. Increased tendency to cohabitate: paricularly among younger divorced person (esp. divorced men)
