Sociology of Families & Households keyterms

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Family
Two or more generations of people tied together through blood, marriage or adoption. Anthony Giddens adds how adult members are assumed to have a responsibility for caring for children
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Fertility Rate
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year (aka birthrate)
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Functional Prerequisites
The basic needs (food, shelter, clothing, and money) that an individual requires to live above the poverty line. May also refer to the factors that allow a society to maintain social order
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Gender-Role
The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness; "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity"
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Household
A domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together along with non-relatives such as servants
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Industrialisation
The development of industry on an extensive scale
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Instrumental Role
The semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
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Kinship
Connection by blood, marriage, or adoption; family relationship
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Maternal Instinct
Relating to or characteristic of a mother or motherhood; motherly
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Monogamy
The state or practice of having only one husband or wife over a lifetime
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Multicultrual
Of, relating to, or including several cultures/Of or relating to a social or educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than in only a mainstream culture.
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Mutual Economic Support System
A system organised to coordinate economic and technical cooperation between the member countries
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The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year (aka birthrate)

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Fertility Rate

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The basic needs (food, shelter, clothing, and money) that an individual requires to live above the poverty line. May also refer to the factors that allow a society to maintain social order

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The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness; "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity"

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A domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together along with non-relatives such as servants

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