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consanguineal kin |
people who are biologically related to one another, such as brothers and sisters or parents and their children |
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affinal kin |
people who are related by virtue of a marriage bond, such as husband and wife or parents-in-law |
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patrilineal descent system |
descent is determined by the male line, and children belong to the kin group of their father. |
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matrilineal descent system |
descent is determined by the female line, and children belong to the kin group of their mother |
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bilateral descent system |
descent is reckoned more or less equally through both male and female lines |
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exogamy |
require that people choose a mate outside their own social group or community |
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endogamy |
require marriage within a particular group or community |
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monogamy |
marriage between one man and one woman at a time |
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polygamy |
people can have more than one spouse at a time |
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polygyny |
a husband can have more than one wife |
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polyandry |
a woman can marry more than one man at a time |
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patriarchal families |
males are dominant in regulating political and economic decision making |
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matriarchal families |
women are dominant in power and authority |
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egalitarian family |
husbands and wives share more equally in power and authority |
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patrilocal |
the married couple living with or near the husband's family |
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matrilocal |
living with or near the wife's family |
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neolocal families |
residence is separate from the families of either wife or husband |
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extended family |
consists of three or more generations of people who live together or in close proximity and whose lives and livelihoods are closely intertwined |
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nuclear family |
consists of parents and their offspring |
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modified extended families |
in which elaborate networks pf visitation and support remain through each nuclear unit lives separately |
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reconstituted/blended family |
a family based on kinship ties that accumulate as a consequence of divorces and remarriages |
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refined divorce rate |
determined by dividing the number of divorces each year by the total number of existing marriages in that year |
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serial monogamy |
a person is allowed to have more than one spouse, just not at the same time |
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cohabitation |
relationships in which two people live in the same household and share sexual, emotional, and often economic ties without being legally married |
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pluralistic family system |
a number of different types of family exist side by side, each having an attraction for some people |
