Updyke Chapter 12

3. The tracing of kinship through one parent only.
4. Violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner.
7. Families in which fathers are the major authority figure in the family.
9. Families in which fathers and mothers share authority equally.
12. Physical, psychological, or sexual mistreatment of a child, which can include harming a child through neglect.
13. Marriage which occurs across social categories or social groups.
16. A married couple and their young children living by themselves under one roof.
17. When people who are similar in social characteristics get married.
19. The marriage of one person to two or more people at a time.
20. A residence system where it is customary for the wife to live with (or near) her husband’s blood relatives (or family of orientation).

1. Families contribute to social inequality by reinforcing economic inequality and by reinforcing patriarchy. Families can also be a source of conflict, including physical violence and emotional cruelty, for its own members.
2. A system of descent in which both paternal and maternal ancestors and descendants are considered part of one’s family.
5. Social and spatial nearness; the variable that mostly drives homogamy.
6. Marriage which occurs within one’s own social category or social group.
8. A marriage in which only two spouses exist.
10. A new residence formed by a couple who live separately from their original families.
11. Families that are comprised of step-parents and/or step-siblings.
14. To move from one intimate relationship to another in a sequence.
15. Families in which mothers are the family’s major authority figure.
18. Consist of parents, their children, and other relatives.