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SOCI 210: Sociological Perspectives Oct. 20 1. Studying Populations 2. Demographic theories 3. Demographics of family 4. Developmental idealism 1 Family and Marriage 2 Family and marriage What is a family? Unit of economic
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Pooled economic resources Inheritance of property Domain for unpaid labor
Dependable support network
E.g. matrilineal and patrilineal descent
Romantic love Sexual partnership
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⦙ Formal relationship between two
⦙ Viewed as having intention of permanence ⦙ Institutionally recognized
Religion, government, community
Marriage is often culturally bound to ideas of family
⦙ Sex, child rearing, love, economic union, … ⦙ Neither a strict criterion for nor result of family formation ⦙ Frameworks exist to reconcile marriage and family
I.e. “common-law” marriage
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⦙ Monogamy versus polygamy
Polyandry, polygyny
⦙ Monogamy versus polyamory ⦙ Single-parent versus two-parent ⦙ Same-gender versus different- gender ⦙ Nuclear versus extended ⦙ Married versus unmarried ⦙ Biological versus chosen ⦙ …
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migration
influence and are influenced by family
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Mean age of fjrst birth across 131 countries
CIA World Factbook 2017
Age Frequency
18 20 22 24 26 28 30 5 10 15
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