Question: The three institutional arenas in which we feed and care for children include the

Answer: family, the market, and the state.

Question: In recent decades, the most important sociological change to families has been

Answer: the movement of women’s work from their families to the paid labor market.

Question: The sociological perspective on work and family is different from common notions in that it

Answer: pays attention to both the content and social context of work.

Question: Care work is defined as

Answer: work that is performed face-to-face for the purpose of enhancing the capabilities of another person.

Question: The quintessential care work, which is usually hands-on, intimate work to provide children with the material, intellectual, and emotional support they need, is

Answer: child care

Question: The work to maintain a household’s function is

Answer: housework

Question: When Shawna picks up her kids from soccer practice, sociologists would say she is engaging in what?

Answer: care work

Question: Care work and housework are increasingly performed as what?

Answer: market work

Question: The term system of care is used to describe what?

Answer: how a society accomplishes the necessary care work and housework

Question: One decision that modern families must face is how to divide the housework and care work within the family. This is often a contentious issue for couples, showing that

Answer: it is not really “families” but rather individuals within them that make decisions.