A unit of people that are related to each other by blood or by law for example by marriage or adoption. Refers to relatives both in the past and presnts, whether close or distant and whether or not contact is frequent, infrequent or even non-existent
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Household
a residence for one person or a group of people who can be family or unrelated who live under the same roof
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Traditional nuclear family
contains just 2 generations - An adult hetrosexual couple (usually husband and wife) and their 1.7 dependent children living in the same household
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cohabiting family
a type of nuclear family however the parents may not be married
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single parent family
when children in a household are brought up by only one parent. This family structure has increased in number in recent times due to the availibilty of divorce and the relaxing of certain social attitudes
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single household
where only one person lives in a household
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house share
involves people living together who are not related such as students or friends
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Reconstituted family
type of family that is nuclear in structure and involves parents and children of either spouse from their previous marriage and possibly new children from their present marriage. this type of family has increased in number in the last 20 years
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extended family
a grouping consisting of all kin such as gradparents, cousins, auties and uncles etc
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classic extended family
consists of several family members who live in the same household, street or area who see each other reguarly
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modified extended family
where family members although may be living apart maintain close relations due to modern technology such as transport, phones, email and skype etc. this is the most common type of family arrangement today
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beanpole family
form of extended family where
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Card 2
Front
a residence for one person or a group of people who can be family or unrelated who live under the same roof
Back
Household
Card 3
Front
contains just 2 generations - An adult hetrosexual couple (usually husband and wife) and their 1.7 dependent children living in the same household
Back
Card 4
Front
a type of nuclear family however the parents may not be married
Back
Card 5
Front
when children in a household are brought up by only one parent. This family structure has increased in number in recent times due to the availibilty of divorce and the relaxing of certain social attitudes
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