| bilateral
kinship system |
a kinship system in which descent is
traced through the father and the mother |
| care work |
all of the labor that is needed to
nurture, reproduce, and sustain people, which is critical to
the maintenance of social institutions |
| cohabitation
|
the practice of living together outside
of marriage |
| egalitarian
societies |
societies or groups where men and women
share power |
| endogamy |
the practice of selecting mates from
within one’s group |
| exogamy |
the practice of selecting mates from
outside one’s group |
| extended
families |
families in which a large group of
related households live together |
| family |
a primary group of people—usually related
by ancestry, marriage, or adoption—who form a cooperative
economic unit and care for any young (and each other); who
consider their identity to be intimately attached to the
group; and who are committed to maintaining the group over
time |
| Family and
Medical Leave Act (FMLA) |
federal law requiring employers to grant
employees a total of twelve weeks of unpaid leave to care
for newborn or newly adopted children or a family member
with serious health needs |
| homogamy |
the pattern by which people select mates
with similar social characteristics to their own |
| household |
term used by the U.S. census to refer to
all persons (may or may not be related) occupying a housing
unit |
| kinship system
|
the pattern of relationships that define
people’s family relationships to one another |
| matriarchy |
a society or group in which women have
power over men |
| matrilineal
kinship system |
kinship systems in which family lineage
(or ancestry) is traced through the mother |
| matrilocal
kinship system |
kinship systems in which women continue
to live with their families of origin after marriage |
| miscegenation
|
the mixing of races through marriage |
| monogamy |
the marriage practice of a sexually
exclusive relationship with one spouse at a time |
| neolocal
residence |
the practice whereby newly wedded couples
establish their own residence |
| nuclear families
|
families in which married couples reside
together with their children |
| patriarchy |
a society or group in which men have
power over women |
| patrilineal
kinship system |
kinship systems in which family lineage
(or ancestry) is traced through the father |
| patrilocal
kinship system |
kinship systems in which, following
marriage, women are separated from their families of origin
and reside with the husband’s kinship group |
| polyandry |
a marriage practice of a woman having
more than one husband |
| polygamy |
a marriage practice in which men or women
can have multiple marriage partners |
| polygyny |
the marriage practice of a man having
more than one wife |
| transnational
family |
families where one parent (or both) live
in one country while other immediate family members live in
other countries |
