Marriage and family Flashcards
(20 cards)
Interracial Marriage
Spouses come from different racial groups
Interethnic Marriage
Spouses come from different countries or have different cultural, religious, or ethnic backrounds
Marriage Premium
Concept that married couples are happier, healthier, and finically better off than those who aren’t married
Conflict-habituated Marriage
Marriage that includes frequent conflict, although it may be enduring
Devitalized Marriage
An enduring marriage that exists without much passion
Passive-congenial Marriage
An enduring marriage that includes little conflict but also little excitement
Vital Marriage
A very healthy marriage where the partners are deeply involved, have good communication, and are satisfied (can still have conflict)
Total Marriage
A marriage where the partners sin the relationship have very little independent activity
Pronatalism
The belief that you should have kids
Direct Financial Cost
How much it costs to have a kid
Opportunity Cost
The cost of the opportunities that you will miss because you have a child
Infertility
When a person/couple is having trouble getting pregnant after a year or more of trying
Impaired Fecundity
Difficulty carrying a pregnancy to term
Assisted Reproductive Technology
Any medical procedure where sperm or eggs are handled outside of the body
In-vitro fertilization
An egg is fertilized in the lab then implanted in the biological mother
Surrogacy
When a biological mother carries a child for someone else
Traditional surrogacy
When the child the surrogate is carrying is their biological child
Gestational surrogacy
When the child the surrogate is carrying is not biologically theirs
Closed adoption
An adoption where the biological parent’s information is kept secret
Open adoption
An adoption where the biological parent’s information is available at some point
