Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Nuclear Family, Family Wage, Symbolic Interactionism
15 Apr 2016
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Blended families: two parents and children from former marriages/unions. Family wage: the wage men traditionally received that was suf cient to support a family. Fertility rate: the number of live births per 1000 women of childbearing age. Income support payments: cash transfers in the form of direct payments or tax deductions, and maternity and parental leave bene ts. Intergenerational households: families that include multiple generations such as grandparents. Marriage: traditionally de ned as a socially approved, presumably long term, sexual and economic relationship between a man and a woman involving reciprocal rights and obligations between spouses and between parents and children. Today, many countries recognize common law marriage and some allow same sex marriage. Nuclear heterosexual family: a father, mother, and children living in a privatized household. Social reproduction: physical, emotional, and mental work of caring for others that is typically done in families. Transitional families: families whose members are geographically separated for extended periods.
