Family

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Family
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Family types

• Nuclear (Parents children)
• Extended (Parents, children, other kin)
• Blended

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Marriage patterns

• Endogamy
• Same social category
• People marry others that are socially like
  themselves
• Exogamy (Outside)

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Spouses

• Monogamy
• Polygamy
• Polygyny
• Polyandry

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Social exchange theory

• Individuals select partners who offer as much as
  they do
• Marriage as negotiation
• Families have become more egalitarian overt the
  last century in high income nations

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Sandwich generation

• Caring for both children and aging parents
• In high income nations, children have become a
  liability.

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Empty nest

• Children have grown and left home
• Difficult transition

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Parental adjustments

• Retirement
• Care of grandchildren
• Death of a spouse
• Most difficult transition in married life

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Traditional family is eroding

• Singlehood in up
• Divorce is up
• More children are born to single mothers

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Factors increasing divorce

• Rising Individualism
• Romantic love often subsides
• Financial strains
• Women are less economically dependent on men

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Highest risk of divorce

• Young people who marry after short courtship

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Cohabitation

• Increased sharply since 1970
• Usually short duration
• May actually discourage marriage

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Child abuse

• Adult abusers were abused themselves