Families And Households Key Terms

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  • Created on: 09-01-16 15:40
Family
People related through kin connections, eg. blood, marriage,adoption
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Household
A group of people living together but not always related eg. uni housing
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Nuclear family
married couple (m+f) with dependent children
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Extended Family
all kin living together, including grandparents and other relatives
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Reconstituted Family
results from divorce, remarriage takes place and a new family forms,(step siblings)
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Same-Sex Family
With children ( surrogacy or adoption etc)
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Cohabitation
Unmarried couple living together
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Kinship
relations between people bases on marriage, blood and adoption
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Classic Family
All kin parents, children, cousins, aunties, uncles,grandparents-pre modern
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Beanpole/Vertically Extended
long thin structure, 3 or more generations living together, no uncles, aunties and cousins- grandparents-parents-children
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Horizontally Extended
wide and flat structure 2 generations living together- parents (a+u) children and cousins
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Modified Extended
Extended Family living apart with regular contact, grandparents/parents and children/auntie and uncle+cousins
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Card 2

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A group of people living together but not always related eg. uni housing

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Household

Card 3

Front

married couple (m+f) with dependent children

Back

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Card 4

Front

all kin living together, including grandparents and other relatives

Back

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Card 5

Front

results from divorce, remarriage takes place and a new family forms,(step siblings)

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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