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| Frage | Antworten |
| Ascription | the allowance of roles and status on the basis of fixed characteristics ie gender |
| ascribed status | inherited status |
| absolute poverty | poverty defined by the minimum requirements necessary, such as food, clothing, shelter to lead a healthy existance |
| birth rate | number of live babies born per 1000 of the population |
| beanpole family | a nuclear family with one or two children who keep in contact with grandparents |
| child-centred | the idea that the children are now the most important aspect of society |
| close-knit community | a community which there are close relationships between people |
| conjugual roles | roles within marriage |
| consensus | agreement or harmony |
| cohabitation | living with someone and having a sexual relationship without being married |
| conservative | a belief of tradition |
| consumption | the ways in which individuals use goods and services |
| cultural identity | the culture you most closely identify with |
| death rate | number of deaths per 1000 of the population |
| demography | the study of population change |
| diversity | difference, variation |
| divorce | the legal ending of marriage |
| divorce petition | a legal request for a divorce |
| domestic labour | sociological name for housework and childcare |
| double shift | women have paid work and house work |
| triple shift | women doing paid work, house work and the emotional work |
| dysfunctional | having negatives consequences |
| economic assets | something that brings money in |
| egalitarian | based on equality |
| elite | the most powerful, rich or gifted members of society |
| emigration | people leaving their country of birth and moving to another one to live there |
| empty shell marriage | where a couple stay together but no longer love eachother |
| extended family | a family of three generations living together |
| extended kinship networks | relationships between family members beyond the nuclear family e.g. grandparents/cousins |
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