Statistics for sociology key terms - families and households

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conflict perspective that sees society divided by social class under capitalism	marxism	93%
consensus perspective that sees society as interconnected parts which work together	functionalism	86%
type of feminism that claims capitalism is the cause of womens oppression	marxist feminism	84%
type of family with married male breadwinner and female homemaker + children	nuclear family	81%
type of feminism focused on women's equal rights and opportunities	liberal feminism	79%
type of feminism that sees men as an enemy + the source of womens oppression	radical feminism	79%
perspective with conservative politics that emphasise importance of nuclear family	new right	74%
where an unmarried couple in a sexual relationship live together	cohabitation	70%
working class who sell their labour to ruling class in order to make money	proletariat	70%
political system where men have control + power over women, and are benefitted	patriarchy	67%
family type where three generations of a family live together under one roof	extended family	63%
where women take on paid work, domestic work as well as emotion work	triple shift	60%
where women take on paid work and domestic labour - housework and childcare	dual burden	58%
the process where people move into a country	immigration	58%
wives role involving domestic work as well as child care and socialisation	expressive role	56%
ruling class who own means of production and exploit workers for profit	bourgeoisie	53%
the process where the world becomes increasingly interconnected	globalisation	53%
family type with strong connections between but not within generations	beanpole family	51%
husbands role involving going to work and providing money for the family	instrumental role	49%
perspective that sees society as deindustrialised with more diversity and instability	postmodernism	49%
negative stereotypes and unequal treatment of people due to their age	ageism	47%
the theory that the family provides a place to relax and de-stress after work	warm bath theory	47%
the decline in influence of religion on society	secularisation	42%
type of feminism focusing on intersectionality and the unique experiences of women	difference feminism	40%
the process where people move out of a country	emigration	40%
theory that the structure and functions of the nuclear family are best suited to society	functional fit theory	33%
number of babies who die before their first birthday per thousand live births per year	infant mortality rate	33%
perspective that looks at individual choice and diversity of experience	personal life	33%
couples who are in a committed relationship but are not married or living together	living apart together	30%
negative label, shame or social disapproval attached to an action or thing	stigma	30%
population type where the average age in a country is rising	ageing population	28%
increased focus on children and more attention and resources being spent on them	child centredness	28%
repeated pressure on parents from children to buy products for their child	pester power	26%
rapid technological and cultural change has been harmful to children	toxic childhood	26%
a marriage where the couple still live together but remain married in name only	empty shell marriage	23%
positive factors of a place that encourage movement to it	pull factors	23%
negative factors of a place that encourage movement away from it	push factors	23%
type of family where family is unstable and "dead" but appears functional + alive	zombie family	21%
the dominance and control of older people over younger people	age patriarchy	19%
family who's members are connected by divorce rather than marriage	divorce extended family	19%
the acceptance of existence of many different cultural identities within one area	multiculturalism	19%
type of family where members have decide their role in order to meet their needs	negotiated family	19%
the average number of children a woman will have during her fertile years	fertility rate	16%
perspective that things are improving and becoming more equal and safe over time	march of progress	16%
type of family with married dual earner heterosexual couple + children	neo-conventional family	16%
early classless society with no private property + production communally owned	primitive communism	16%
the process where immigrants adopt the culture of the host country	assimilation	14%
relationship between working, productive part of society and non working part	dependency ratio	14%
a type of relationship that exists only to satisfy the needs of each partner	pure relationship	14%
thesis looking at relationships as an interconnected web which affect other bonds	connectedness thesis	12%
thesis that argues traditional societal structures have lost influence on us	individualisation thesis	12%
the ability for the most competent + skills workers to gain promotions + gain wealth	social mobility	12%
key functions provided by the family that are not lost with industrialisation	irreducible functions	9%
when children behave or portray themselves as younger than they actually are	acting down	7%
when children behave or portray themselves as older than they actually are	acting up	7%
government type favouring dual earner heterosexual couples	new labour	7%
the idea that women should live independently of men in order to achieve liberation	separatism	7%
type of parenting where parents obsess over perceived threats to their children	paranoid parenting	2%
countries social policies which either encourage or discourage gender equality	gender regimes	0%
all female households + political lesbianism instead of heterosexual relationships	matrilocal	0%