SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: New Idea, Speed Dating, Social Forces
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Decline or change: the nuclear family is declining, change is not a problem. Nine changes in the canadian family: 1. Marriage rates decline while cohabitation rates rise: less married people, more people living together, people who do not commit to marriage, or very liberal minded (not restricted, 2. Age of first marriage is rising age: 3. More women are having children in their thirties replacement rate: 5. The number of children per family has dropped below the: 6. More couples without children than with: 7. Children leaving home at a later age: 8. More people living alone: product of divorce, if the family unit falls apart, that creates a social problem social, not historically normal. Same-sex couples: upheaval in the social and legal definition of marriage (july 2005 in, children in same-sex families. Canada: identity confusion, homosexuality, had no long term effects of concern according to study.
