‘A’ TO ‘Z’ KEY TERMS OF FAMILY (UNIT:4)
Arranged marriage: Marriage partners are chosen by older family
members rather than people choosing their own
marriage partner.
Beanpole family: A family with only one child or very few
children;combined with rising life expectancy this
leads to family trees that look very tall thin with
few people in each generaton,rather than
bushy,with lots of siblings,aunts,uncles and
cousins.
Boomerang family: A family in which the adult children have lef
home but then return.
Birth rate: The number of live births per 1000 people in the
populaton in one year.
Cereal packet family: The stereotypical nuclear family of mother,father
and children with traditonal gender roles that is
ofen shown in advertsements.
Child-centeredness: When the child’s needs and wishes are the most
important consideratons.
Civil partnerships: A relatonship between two people usually of the
same sex that has been formally registered giving
them similar rights to married couples.
Cohabitaton: Two people who are not married to each other
living together in an intmate relatonship.
Commune: A group of people who choose to live together
and share at least some of their property.
Conjugal roles: The roles taken by the husband and wife within
the family resultng from the domestc division of
labour.
Dark side of the family: The negatve aspects of family life such as
arguments,abuse,neglect and violence.
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, ‘A’ TO ‘Z’ KEY TERMS OF FAMILY (UNIT:4)
Death rate: The number of deaths per 1000 people in the
populaton in one year;also called the mortality
rate.
Demographic trends: Patterns in the changes of demographic
measures such as the birth rate and death rate.
Divorce: The formal,legal ending of a marriage.
Divorce rate: The number of divorces per year per 1,000
people.
Domestc division of labour: The way in which tasks in the home(such as
cooking,cleaning,childcare and repairs)are
divided between the man and woman.
Domestc violence: Violence within the family,usually but not always
by males against females;refers not only to
physical violence but also to patterns of
controlling behaviour that may include emotonal
manipulaton.
Dual burden: Women who do paid work as well as look afer
the home and family are said to have a dual
burden-the term ‘triple burden’or ‘triple shif’ is
also sometmes used,adding to work and the
home the expressive role of looking afer the
emotonal needs of family members.
Dual worker families: Families in which both the man and woman do
paid work.
Dysfunctonal family: A family that fails to carry out the functons
expected of it;for example,whare the children are
neglected.
Empty-nest families: Parents living at home together afer their adult
children have moved out.
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Arranged marriage: Marriage partners are chosen by older family
members rather than people choosing their own
marriage partner.
Beanpole family: A family with only one child or very few
children;combined with rising life expectancy this
leads to family trees that look very tall thin with
few people in each generaton,rather than
bushy,with lots of siblings,aunts,uncles and
cousins.
Boomerang family: A family in which the adult children have lef
home but then return.
Birth rate: The number of live births per 1000 people in the
populaton in one year.
Cereal packet family: The stereotypical nuclear family of mother,father
and children with traditonal gender roles that is
ofen shown in advertsements.
Child-centeredness: When the child’s needs and wishes are the most
important consideratons.
Civil partnerships: A relatonship between two people usually of the
same sex that has been formally registered giving
them similar rights to married couples.
Cohabitaton: Two people who are not married to each other
living together in an intmate relatonship.
Commune: A group of people who choose to live together
and share at least some of their property.
Conjugal roles: The roles taken by the husband and wife within
the family resultng from the domestc division of
labour.
Dark side of the family: The negatve aspects of family life such as
arguments,abuse,neglect and violence.
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, ‘A’ TO ‘Z’ KEY TERMS OF FAMILY (UNIT:4)
Death rate: The number of deaths per 1000 people in the
populaton in one year;also called the mortality
rate.
Demographic trends: Patterns in the changes of demographic
measures such as the birth rate and death rate.
Divorce: The formal,legal ending of a marriage.
Divorce rate: The number of divorces per year per 1,000
people.
Domestc division of labour: The way in which tasks in the home(such as
cooking,cleaning,childcare and repairs)are
divided between the man and woman.
Domestc violence: Violence within the family,usually but not always
by males against females;refers not only to
physical violence but also to patterns of
controlling behaviour that may include emotonal
manipulaton.
Dual burden: Women who do paid work as well as look afer
the home and family are said to have a dual
burden-the term ‘triple burden’or ‘triple shif’ is
also sometmes used,adding to work and the
home the expressive role of looking afer the
emotonal needs of family members.
Dual worker families: Families in which both the man and woman do
paid work.
Dysfunctonal family: A family that fails to carry out the functons
expected of it;for example,whare the children are
neglected.
Empty-nest families: Parents living at home together afer their adult
children have moved out.
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