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Arranged marriage
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Involves the role of an intermediary and occurs when families play a pivotal role in the choice of one's marital partner
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Endogamy
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Tendency to date and marry within one's social group or social class, race, religion, or language group
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Family of procreation
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The family that we form when we mature, apart from the family of origin, or the family that one is born into
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Fertility rate
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Estimate of the average number of children that women will have in their lifetime
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First demographic transition
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From high mortality and fertility to low mortality and fertility (approx 1870-1965)
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Hegemonic motherhood
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Social discourse that creates the perception that women are, by nature, maternal and desire children
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Homogamy
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A non-random approach of selecting mates or spouses who have similar physical, intellectual, personality, and social class traits
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Marriage gradient
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Women's tendency to marry "up" with regard to age, education, occupation, and even height
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