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The family tree may focus on your own family, or you may interview someone you know about their family. As I describe the assignment, I will refer to it as if you will be examining your own family, but please keep in mind that it’s okay to do the assignment on someone else’s family.

Your Sociological Family Tree will examine different trends in marriage and family across generations. Please provide notes on the following trends: how many siblings, how many children, marriage, divorce, remarriage, cohabitation, single parenthood, and living alone/remaining single. Also find out the age of marriage and childbearing, educational attainment (years of formal schooling), women in the workforce, social class, interracial families, and same sex families. You do not have to give us details on ALL these trends, just the one’s that you think are important in highlighting trends that stay consistent over time or that have changed over the generations.

Provide brief notes on the trends listed above for these 5 generations of family member:

Generation #1 Your Great-Grandparents (if you have access to this information)

Generation #2: Your Grandparents

Generation #3: Your Parents, Aunts, and Uncles

Generation #4: You, Your Siblings, Cousins

Generation #5: Your Children, Your Nieces and Nephews, Cousins’ Children

Feel free to adapt and change who you examine across the 4 generations so that it makes sense for your own family structure. Also you may choose to focus on only one side of your family, for example only your mother’s side or only your father’s side, or you may do both.

Once you have provided notes for each of the generations, please include a summary statement of the main changes you have seen occur within your family. Include changes your family has experienced over four or five generations in terms of:

Marriage:

Divorce:

Remarriage:

Cohabitation:

Single Parenthood:

?Remaining Single / Living Alone:

# of children (or remaining childless):

Age at marriage and childbearing:

Educational attainment:

Women in workforce

Social class (intergenerational mobility)

Interracial families:

Same-Sex families:

Explanation / Answer

I am taking example of MY father side changes which I have scene in my father's family side.

Generation #1 Your Great-Grandparents (if you have access to this information)---This information is not with me as i know very little about them.

Generation #2: Your Grandparents-- If i try to say in one word that will be socialized.They were very ineractive with the society and try to help each other in every circumstances. However they were poor as well and education level was not very high. They are not tensed about their future as we do in our generation.They have more childrens than the current generation. Women'a are not in workforce only 1% of women were was there in public sector as well as private sector. They also married very early in their age and they are simple and straight forword thinking. Their relations are hard coded and very strong. They never believed in divorce.

Generation #3: Your Parents, Aunts, and Uncles-- I have scene the major change was they are very curious about the education and proper grooming of theri childrens. They wanted their childrens to be in good positions in governemt sector as well as in private bodies. They are very hard working and not very ambitious. They are also man centric thinking people and women's were not participating in workforce. Their marriages are strong and only few people believed in divorce.

Generation #4: You, Your Siblings, Cousins--- Education level is high now. They are educated but not having the jobs. Everyone is worried to make more money.

Generation #5: Your Children, Your Nieces and Nephews, Cousins’ Children -- Not much aware as i dont have but i can guess that they will seeing the very different future as we scene before.

Summary:--

Generation #1 Your Great-Grandparents (if you have access to this information)-- no information

Generation #2: Your Grandparents

Marriage: Very early stage.

Divorce: Never

Remarriage: Never

Cohabitation: NO

Single Parenthood: NO

?Remaining Single / Living Alone: NO(very few)

# of children (or remaining childless): 5-6

Age at marriage and childbearing: <18

Educational attainment: Not very attentive

Women in workforce NO

Social class (intergenerational mobility) Not very much

Interracial families: No

Same-Sex families: NO

Generation #3: Your Parents, Aunts, and Uncles

Marriage: 18-20

Divorce: Very few

Remarriage: very few

Cohabitation: No

Single Parenthood: No

?Remaining Single / Living Alone: No

# of children (or remaining childless): 2-3

Age at marriage and childbearing: 23 to 28

Educational attainment: Very attentive

Women in workforce - few but increasing day by day

Social class (intergenerational mobility) Very less

Interracial families: No

Same-Sex families:No

Generation #4: You, Your Siblings, Cousins--

Marriage: Yes age is 23-28

Divorce: Increasing

Remarriage: Increasing very few still

Cohabitation: Yes, But few

Single Parenthood: Yes

?Remaining Single / Living Alone: Yes

# of children (or remaining childless): 1-2 child and sometimes remaining childless

Age at marriage and childbearing: 23-28

Educational attainment: Very High

Women in workforce Increasing nearly 30%

Social class (intergenerational mobility) High and progressive

Interracial families: Yes but few still need improvement

Same-Sex families: Yes very less

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