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Definitions

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family   a group of people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption who live together and share resources.  
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nuclear family   consists of one or both parents and their children.  
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family of orientation   (a member of two different overlapping nuclear families) is the nuclear family into which the person is born or adopted.  
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family of procreation   consisting of the individual,his or her spouse,and their children.  
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extended family   consists of two or more generations. (includes grandparents, parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins.)  
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kinship   refers to a network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption (this group can be quite large).  
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marriage   the set of norms that establishes and characterizes the relationship between married individuals.  
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monogamy   the marriage of one man to one woman.  
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polygamy   marriage with multiple partners.  
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polygyny   a man is permitted to marry more than one woman at a time.  
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polyandry   a woman is permitted to marry more than one man at a time  
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patrilocality   residential pattern in which a newly married couple is expected to live with or near the husband's parents  
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matrilocality   residential pattern in which a newly married couple are expected to live near or with the wife's parents.  
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bilocality   residential pattern in which a newly married couple is allowed to choose whether they will live with the husband's parents or the wife's parents.  
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neolocality   residential pattern in which a newly married couple is free to set up their residence apart from both sets of parents.  
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patrilineal descent   descent pattern in which kinship is traced through the father's family  
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matrilineal descent   descent system in which kinship is traced through the mother's family  
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bilateral descent   descent system in which kinship is traced through both parents.  
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patriarchy   father hold most of the authority.  
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matriarchy   mother holds most of the authority.  
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egalitarian   mother and father share the authority.  
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incest taboo   is a norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives.  
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homogamy   tendency for individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similiar to thier own.  
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heterogamy   tendency for individuals to marry people who have social characteristics different from their own.  
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dual-earner families   families in which both husband and wife have jobs.  
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sandwich generation   american caught between the needs of their children and their aging parents.  
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voluntary childlessness   conscious choice to remain childless.  
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