A residential unit consisting of unrelated individuals
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Monogamy
Having a single sexual or marriage partner at any given time
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Polgamy
Having one or more sexual or marriage partner at any given time
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Polyandry
One woman married to a number of men
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Polygyny
One man married to a number of women
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Marriage
A union between two people, recognised by law
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Commune
Shared house involving a group of largely unrelated people living together
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Nuclear Family
A family unit based on two generations - parents and their dependent children
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Reconstituted Family
Sometimes called a step-family, this involves the break up of one family and its assembly as a new family through marriage or cohabitation
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Divorce
Legal dissolution of a marriage
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Common-law family
Adult couple and children living together as a family without the adults being legally married
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Civil Partnership
Same-sex relationship giving the partner similar legal rights to married couples
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Partnership
Being part of a couple often living as married people but without any legal ties
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Lone-/ Single Parent Family
Both consist of a single adult and dependent children. Lone parenthood is usually distinguished from single parenthood on the basis of the factors such as divorce or the death of a partner, rather than choice
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Extended Family
Family structure containing more than the parents and children of nuclear structures. A vertically extended family, for example, involves three ir more generations, such as grandparents, parents and children
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Matrifocal Family
A family that is focused on women such as female grandparents, parents and children
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Patrifocal Family
Family structured around men
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Modified Extended Family
Contemporary form of an extended family; family members maintain contact but rarely live in close proximity to one another
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Having a single sexual or marriage partner at any given time
Back
Monogamy
Card 3
Front
Having one or more sexual or marriage partner at any given time
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