The Concept "Fictive Kin" Refers to the

question 18

Multiple Choice

The concept "fictive kin" refers to the

• A) upper class preoccupation with genealogy and the tracing of lineage.
• B) increasing geographic separation of nuclear families from their immediate kin.
• C) exchange of goods and services between friends that resembles kinship.
• D) replacement of legal marriage by the increasing incidence of long term nonmarital cohabitation.

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Definitions:

Different Utilities

Various measures of satisfaction or usefulness that consumers derive from goods and services, taking forms like marginal, total, and consumer surplus.

Laundry

The action or process of washing clothes and linens.

Total Income

The sum of all wages, salaries, profits, interest payments, rents, and other forms of earnings received in a given period of time.

Labor Force Participation

The percentage of the working-age population that is either employed or actively seeking employment.