Part one of term paper
The sociological concept I have chosen in the institution of marriage. Marriage is a legally sanctioned relationship, usually involving economic cooperation as well as normative sexual activity and childbearing that people expect to be enduring. The first characteristic of marriage is that it is a legally sanctioned relationship. In other w ...

Part two of term paper
... perform marriages. Just in 1998, 151,224 marriages were registered with Vital Statistics. The second characteristic of marriage is economic cooperation. Economic cooperation is a joint effort relating to the management of finances and household matters. Husbands and wives divide economic activities and domestic work between them according to traditional and approved ideas of man's and woman's work. Traditionally, the husband worked outside of the home and was responsible for the finances while t ...