Families & Households key words

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Household
A group of people who live together - may or may not be related
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Family
An intimate domestic group made up of people related in some way
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Kinship
Refers to social relationships based on blood or marriage ties
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Non-kinship
Refers to social relationships based on any ties other than blood or marriage (friendships, pets, etc)
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Nuclear family
Parents and their biological dependent children living together (traditionally married, straight parents)
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Beanpole family
Three or more generations living together (generally a child, their parents and grandparents)
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Extended family
Families who live apart but keep in regular contact
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Lone-parent family
A single parent living with their dependent children
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Reconstituted family
Two family units joined together by remarriage, creating a stepfamily
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Bourgeoisie
The rich minority in power
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Proletariat
The working class majority
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Patriarchy
Male dominated society
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Ideology
A set of ideas on how society should be
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Expressive role
The nurturing role (traditionally women)
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Instrumental role
The breadwinner role (traditionally men)
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Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership of means of production and social hierarchy
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Class
The status a person has based on their social and economic situation
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Communism
A classless society in which private ownership is abolished - wealth is equally distributed
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Conjugal roles
The roles performed by a couple, including housework and paid work
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Culture
The way of life in a society/group, made up of things like values, religion, customs, language, etc
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Dependency culture
The idea that people claim benefits instead of working due to a generous welfare system
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Dependency ratio
The number of people of working-age, compared to the number of people not of working-age (children, elderly, etc)
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Emotional work
Dealing with the emotions of other family members
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Means tested benefit
A benefit only given to people below a certain level of wealth
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Absolute poverty
Being without the basic essentials needed to survive (food, clothes, housing, etc)
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Pluralism
The belief that society is diverse and reflects everybody's needs
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Postmodernism
A recent theory which says that everybody's experience is different; there is no objective truth/reality
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Postmodern society
The world after the modern age, with more diversity within society
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Relative poverty
A measure of poverty which compares the situation of one individual with another
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Social construct
A concept created by society, rather than discovered by science
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Social policy
Government decisions which affect society, and more specifically the family
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Personal life perspective
A perspective which values what is important to individuals
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Subculture
A group with different values to the mainstream culture - a culture within a culture
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Subjective poverty
A measure of poverty based on how poor the individual feels
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Symbolic consumption
Buying products for what they stand for, in order to reflect aspects of your personality
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Symmetrical family
A family structure with equally shared conjugal roles
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Underclass
A social group at the bottom of the hierarchy; New Right says they depend on benefits
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Underemployment
People working in part-time/temporary jobs, rather than full-time/permanent jobs; highly skilled workers perform low skilled jobs
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What is the dual burden?
The burden of being responsible for both domestic work and paid work
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What is the triple shift?
The responsibility for domestic work, paid work and emotional work
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An intimate domestic group made up of people related in some way

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Family

Card 3

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Refers to social relationships based on blood or marriage ties

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Card 4

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Refers to social relationships based on any ties other than blood or marriage (friendships, pets, etc)

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Card 5

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Parents and their biological dependent children living together (traditionally married, straight parents)

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