Types of families Flashcards

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What is the nuclear family?

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A couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit

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What is the vertically extended family?

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A family where multiple generations live together

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What is the horizontally extended family?

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A high number of embers from the same generation

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4
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What is the beanpole family?

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A multi generational family that is long and thin with few aunts and uncles

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What is a one person household?

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A person who makes provision for their food or other essentials on their own

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What is a LAT?

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Couples who have an intimate relationships but live separately

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What is a one parent household?

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Someone’s who is unmarried, divorced and widowed who live with their children

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What is a same sex couple?

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A family with same sex parents

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What is a reconstituted family?

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When 2 families join together with one or both partners are divorced from previous with children

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What is a cohabiting couple?

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A couple that lives together in an intimate relationship who are not married and not in a civil partnership

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