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Family

This overview explores the various family structures in America, including nuclear and extended families, and the evolving trends impacting them. It covers the significance of kinship and relationships among primary, secondary, and tertiary relatives. Key trends discuss delayed marriage and childbearing, the rise of childlessness among couples, the prevalence of dual-earner marriages, and the increasing numbers of one-parent and remarried families. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for recognizing the contemporary landscape of family life in America.

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Family

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  1. Family Katie Hannah Lauren McVay Elizabeth Cousar KhemMishra

  2. Family: group of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption and who often live together and share economic resources • Nuclear family: consists of one or both parents and their children, most common family in America

  3. An individual’s family orientation is the nuclear family into which the person is born or adopted. When an individual marries, a new nuclear family is now a family or procreation, consisting of the individual, their spouse, and their children. • Extended family: larger family group, 2 or more generations.

  4. Kinship: network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption. • Primary: closest relatives (mother, father, sister, brother, spouse, daughter, and son) • Secondary: primary relatives of primary relatives (grandparents/children, aunts, uncles, etc.) • Tertiary: secondary relatives of primary relatives (great-grandparents/children, cousins, etc.)

  5. Trends in American Family Life • Delayed Marriage and Childbearing: Young people are delaying marriage and having children as they are prioritizing education and launching their careers. • Childlessness: more couples are voluntarily childless, this allows for freedom, financial security, and the opportunity to spend time together.

  6. Dual-Earner Marriages: Majority of families no longer live of just one salary. • One-Parent: formed through separation, divorce, death, adoptions. Accounts for about 25% of American families • Remarriage: 43% of marriages include a spouse encountering their second marriage

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