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Beanpole families

Families where there are very few children but theinter-generational connections (grandparents, parents, children) are verystrong. For example, families where children are often looked after by theirgrandparents. Bigamy

Bigamy

A marriage where someone is married to two people .This doesn’t necessarily mean the two spouses a person has live within the same house, it could be that someone has separated from their husband/wife, and remarries without divorcing their previous husband/wife.

Birth rate

the rate of births within a population, over a certaintime. In Britain, the birth rate is measured per 1000 of the population.

Breadwinner

A breadwinner is the person in a family/marriage that goes out to work and provides for the family economically. The breadwinner was traditionally the husband, but nowadays it is common for both the husband and wife to w

Cereal packet family

the cereal packet family is the way the media presentsthe family in advertisements; the typical nuclear family with married parentsand two children.

Child-centredness

sociologists argue that the family has now become more child-centred. This means that decisions made in the household depend on how it will benefit the child, and can also mean that relationships between children and others are formed on the basis of what the child can gain from the relationship. The opposite of this is family centred-ness, where decisions in the household are made to benefit the family as a whole.

Civil partnership

Civil partnerships allow same sex couples the same rights and responsibilities as legally married couples. The only real difference is that partnership between same sex couples is not recognised by religious authorities

Cohabitation

where a couple are not married but live together. Cohabitation is on the rise because there is no longer any real stigma relating to sex outside of wedlock so there is less pressure to get married. Cohabiting couples do not have the same rights as married couples and only get similar rights after cohabiting for 5 years.

Commune

a commune is an alternative to the mainstream idea of family. Communes are collective communities consisting of lots of families which share possessions and property. Everyone has equal rights, and income and wealth is often shared. There is no social hierarchy and everyone contributes their craft and work skills for the good of the commune as a whole.

Conjugal roles-joint/segregated

conjugal roles are the different roles the husband andwife have in the family, which consist of the jobs and responsibilities eachspouse has in the household. In joint conjugal roles, the husband and wifeshare housework, childcare and leisure time and even though the type ofhousework each spouse does might be different, they have an equal share. Insegregated conjugal roles, one spouse might bear all the housework whilst theother has all the leisure time, and their roles are unequal.Death rate – the number ofdeaths per 1000