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What does Cohabitation mean ?
Unmarried couples living together in the same house
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What does Divison of Labour mean?
the organisation of work
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what does Nuclear Family mean?
a family that has two parents and 2-3 children
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What does Extended Kin mean?
relations beyond the nuclear family. (uncles, aunt, grnadparents)
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what does Hetrosexual mean?
attracted to the opposite sex
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what does Nurturing mean?
caring for and looking after
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what does Social Policy mean?
the measures the governement take to address social issues
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what does Social Intergration mean
the sense of belonging to society
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what does Achievement mean?
the allocation of roles and status on the basis of individual merit
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what does Ascription mean?
the allocation of toles and status on the basis of fixed characters
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what does Expressive Leader mean?
Parsons' term for the female function of mother/housewife
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What does Extended Kinship mean?
relationships between family members beyod the nucleat family (cousins and grandparents)
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what does Family Ideology mean?
the view that a particluar type of family and particular living arragements are the ideal way that people should aspire to
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what does Geographical Mobility mean?
the ability to move quickly around a country
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what does Maternal Deprivation mean?
the view that if a child is deprived of maternal love for any significant period of time it will grow up to be phycologically damaged
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what doed Close-Knit community mean?
a community in which there are close relationships between people
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what does Divorce mean?
the legal ending of a marriage
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what does Empty-Shell Marriage mean?
a marriage in which the partners no longer love each other bur stay together for the sake of the children
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what does Irretrievable mean?
unable to recover
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what does Monogamy mean?
the practice of having only one partner
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what does Moral Panic mean?
public concern over some aspect of behaviour, created and reinforced in large part by sensational media coverage
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what does Privatized Nuclear Family mean?
a home centred family which has nothing to do with extended kins or neighbours
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what does Child Centred mean?
treating the needs of children as a priority
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what does Economic Asset mean?
something that brings money in
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what does Infant Mortality mean?
the number of babies who have died within the first year of life
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what does Socially Constructed mean?
something that is created by society
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what does Conjugal Relationship mean?
the relationship between married or cohabitating couples
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what does Dual Burden mean?
refers to wives taking responsibility for the bulk of domestic tasks as well as holding down a full time job
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what does Egalitarian mean?
based on equality
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the organisation of work

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What does Divison of Labour mean?

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a family that has two parents and 2-3 children

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relations beyond the nuclear family. (uncles, aunt, grnadparents)

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attracted to the opposite sex

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