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Families and Households Keywords
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- 1Ascriptionthe allowance of roles and status on the basis of fixed characteristics
ie gender - 2ascribed statusinherited status
- 3absolute povertypoverty defined by the minimum requirements necessary, such as food, clothing, shelter to lead a healthy existance
- 4birth ratenumber of live babies born per 1000 of the population
- 5beanpole familya nuclear family with one or two children who keep in contact with grandparents
- 6child-centredthe idea that the children are now the most important aspect of society
- 7close-knit communitya community which there are close relationships between people
- 8conjugual rolesroles within marriage
- 9consensusagreement or harmony
- 10cohabitationliving with someone and having a sexual relationship without being married
- 11conservativea belief of tradition
- 12consumptionthe ways in which individuals use goods and services
- 13cultural identitythe culture you most closely identify with
- 14death ratenumber of deaths per 1000 of the population
- 15demographythe study of population change
- 16diversitydifference, variation
- 17divorcethe legal ending of marriage
- 18divorce petitiona legal request for a divorce
- 19domestic laboursociological name for housework and childcare
- 20double shiftwomen have paid work and house work
- 21triple shiftwomen doing paid work, house work and the emotional work
- 22dysfunctionalhaving negatives consequences
- 23economic assetssomething that brings money in
- 24egalitarianbased on equality
- 25elitethe most powerful, rich or gifted members of society
- 26emigrationpeople leaving their country of birth and moving to another one to live there
- 27empty shell marriagewhere a couple stay together but no longer love eachother
- 28extended familya family of three generations living together
- 29extended kinship networksrelationships between family members beyond the nuclear family e.g. grandparents/cousins
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- A Levels Sociology FlashCards sobre Families and Households Keywords, criado por Chloe Day em 13-03-2014.
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