NURS 3320 LATEST EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔US census bureau family - ✔✔two or more people living together who are related by
birth, marriage, or adoption
✔✔types of families? - ✔✔nuclear
extended
blended (stepfamily)
single-parent
cohabitating
chosen
same-sex
adoptive
foster
✔✔nuclear family? - ✔✔a traditional family unit consisting of two parent, male and
female, who are married and their biological or adopted children ; this is the basic or
core family unit in many societies
✔✔extended family? - ✔✔a family unit that includes relatives beyond the nuclear family,
such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and in laws; in many cultures the
extended family plays an important role in providing support; this may include multi-
generational families
, ✔✔blened family - ✔✔stepfamily
a family unit where one or both partners have children from a previous relationship;
step-parent, step-children, and step-siblings relationships may be complex and
challenging
✔✔single-parent family - ✔✔a family unit with one parent and one or more children ; this
structure may be by choice, or the result of divorce, separation, or death
✔✔cohabitating family? - ✔✔a family unit where two or more people choose to live
together in a committed relationship, but are not married; this couple may or may not
have children
✔✔chosen family - ✔✔A family unit comprised of people who have chosen to live
together and form supportive bonds. This term has been used to describe a variety of
family structures that do not fit the traditional family structure definition.
✔✔Same sex family - ✔✔a family unit where the two partners or spouses are the same
gender; the family may include children through adoption, surrogacy or previous
heterosexual relationships
✔✔adoptive family - ✔✔a family unit where one or both parents legally adopt one or
more children; adoptive families may consist of parents and children of different races,
ethnicities, and backgrounds
✔✔foster family - ✔✔a family unit that provides temporary care for children who cannot
live with their biological parents due to safety for legal reasons
foster families may include biological children of the foster parents, and one or more
foster children from other families
✔✔family demographics in the US - ✔✔in 2023, more than half the household in the US
were childless; 29.4% were married couples without children, and 29% were single
adults without children
just over a quarter of all households included children: 18% were married two-parent
families and 7.4% were single parent families
the average family in the US consists of 3.13 people
in 2021, approx 2.4 million grandparents in the US were responsible for raising their
grandchildren
the US birthrate has been declining and in 2020, and 1.78 children per women
✔✔marriage rates in the US - ✔✔in 2022, the US census bureau estimated the
marriage rate to be 16.7% (similar to the past 10 years)
✔✔divorce rate in the US - ✔✔in 2022, the US census bureau estimated the divorce
rate to be 7.1% ( a slight decrease over the past 10 years)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔US census bureau family - ✔✔two or more people living together who are related by
birth, marriage, or adoption
✔✔types of families? - ✔✔nuclear
extended
blended (stepfamily)
single-parent
cohabitating
chosen
same-sex
adoptive
foster
✔✔nuclear family? - ✔✔a traditional family unit consisting of two parent, male and
female, who are married and their biological or adopted children ; this is the basic or
core family unit in many societies
✔✔extended family? - ✔✔a family unit that includes relatives beyond the nuclear family,
such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and in laws; in many cultures the
extended family plays an important role in providing support; this may include multi-
generational families
, ✔✔blened family - ✔✔stepfamily
a family unit where one or both partners have children from a previous relationship;
step-parent, step-children, and step-siblings relationships may be complex and
challenging
✔✔single-parent family - ✔✔a family unit with one parent and one or more children ; this
structure may be by choice, or the result of divorce, separation, or death
✔✔cohabitating family? - ✔✔a family unit where two or more people choose to live
together in a committed relationship, but are not married; this couple may or may not
have children
✔✔chosen family - ✔✔A family unit comprised of people who have chosen to live
together and form supportive bonds. This term has been used to describe a variety of
family structures that do not fit the traditional family structure definition.
✔✔Same sex family - ✔✔a family unit where the two partners or spouses are the same
gender; the family may include children through adoption, surrogacy or previous
heterosexual relationships
✔✔adoptive family - ✔✔a family unit where one or both parents legally adopt one or
more children; adoptive families may consist of parents and children of different races,
ethnicities, and backgrounds
✔✔foster family - ✔✔a family unit that provides temporary care for children who cannot
live with their biological parents due to safety for legal reasons
foster families may include biological children of the foster parents, and one or more
foster children from other families
✔✔family demographics in the US - ✔✔in 2023, more than half the household in the US
were childless; 29.4% were married couples without children, and 29% were single
adults without children
just over a quarter of all households included children: 18% were married two-parent
families and 7.4% were single parent families
the average family in the US consists of 3.13 people
in 2021, approx 2.4 million grandparents in the US were responsible for raising their
grandchildren
the US birthrate has been declining and in 2020, and 1.78 children per women
✔✔marriage rates in the US - ✔✔in 2022, the US census bureau estimated the
marriage rate to be 16.7% (similar to the past 10 years)
✔✔divorce rate in the US - ✔✔in 2022, the US census bureau estimated the divorce
rate to be 7.1% ( a slight decrease over the past 10 years)
