1st Year Sociology - Families and Households
What is the family?
A family is a group of people related by kinship ties.
What is cohabitation?
Living together without the legal bonds of a marriage or civil partnership.
What is becoming an alternative to marriage or a civil partnership?
Cohabitation
What is one of the most important social units?
The family unit
Why is the family unit one of the most important social institutions?
It is found in some form in nearly all known societies
How does the family play a key role?
It plays a key role in socialising children into the culture of their society