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Sociology Of Marriage And Family Question Paper

Sociology Of Marriage And Family

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Sociology

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS

ASC 301:
SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY AND MARRIAGE

DATE: Monday, 5th April, 2010

TIME: 4.30 p.m. ? 6.30 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question one and any other two questions.
1.
a)
Define the concept marriage and family.
b)
Highlight the different types of marriage that exit in modern society
c)
Write down the process that induces the mates selection.

2.
What are the social and personal factors to be considered when planning a family.

3.
In this traditional African society a woman is a wife of the community where she
is married to ?Discuss if this is still the case in the modern contemporary society.

4.
Discuss the issues of conflict in the contemporary family paying emphasis on the
services, types and consequences of tensition.

5.
Describe changes in family division of labour overtime. How does this division
of labour affect the stability of marriage as an institution.

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