Sociology and Anthropology with family planning

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Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science (with which it is informally
synonymous) that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to
develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social activity, often with the goal of
applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare. Subject matter ranges from the
micro level of agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structures.
Sociology is both topically and methodologically a very broad discipline. Its traditional
focuses have included social stratification (i.e., class relations), religion, secularization,
modernity, culture and deviance, and its approaches have included both qualitative and
quantitative research techniques. As much of what humans do fits under the category of
social structure and agency, sociology has gradually expanded its focus to further subjects,
such as medical, military and penal institutions, the internet, and even the role of social
activity in the development of scientific knowledge. The range of social scientific methods
has also broadly expanded. The linguistic and cultural turns of the mid-20th century led to
increasingly interpretative, hermeneutic, and philosophic approaches to the analysis of
society. Conversely, recent decades have seen the rise of new mathematically and
computationally rigorous techniques, such as agent-based modelling and social network
analysis.
Anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study and analysis of human beings and humanity.
Anthropologists seek to understand all the world's cultures, customs, artifacts, knowledge,
habits, history, etc. Anthropology emerged as a distinct academic discipline in England and
America in the late 19th and early 20th century. Anthropology grew primarily out of natural
history initially, and has since come to depend upon archaeology, palaeontology, biology,
psychology, the humanities, social science, and other areas. Since WWII, anthropology has
increasingly modelled itself after the natural sciences, relying more on empirical evidence
and
less
on
subjective
analysis.
Family Planning
The term family planning is sometimes used interchangeably with the term birth control,
although there are some differences between the two terms. While birth control is something
anybody can use to prevent pregnancy, family planning is seen as something monogamous
couples use to temporarily delay pregnancy. In this way, family planning is seen as a method
to plan, rather than prevent, children. Family planning is seen as the responsible choice for
couples who are not ready to have children in the present but may want to in the future.