SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY INTERVIEW PROJECT

Sociology Of The Family Interview Project

Sociology Of The Family Interview Project

The family member that was interviewed was Erin. The relationship between the interviewer and the interviewee is third cousins through marriage. The interview took place in Erin's apartment living room. (Cheal 2003)Since she is an RA she lives in one of the apartments of Sara Tracy Dorm. When the interviewer walked into the room he could tell that she was very clean and rather sophisticated, just by the way her room was set up. The interviewee was sitting on her futon and was very alert. There were pink and yellow carnations on the table, which I found out that they are not real. Erin 20 years old and has an ethnic origin of Irish. Erin is a Caucasian and when asked what religion she was, Erin responded proudly “Catholic”. The next question to be asked was “what are you wearing?” and me not paying attention to the question read it allowed, when I could have just observed her to answer the question. But, she caught my slip up and she responded “nothing” and laughed sarcastically. In reality, she had on a older and faded WJU swimming t-shirt on with a pair of worn out jeans. She seamed happy and content, but when I asked “what is your mood today?” she said, “Alright, calm I guess…not too happy and not too sad.” Then I asked her about her attitude and she responded with “happy to be interviewed”. (Allan 2004)

Erin's mom's family is from New York, and her dad's family is from West Virginia. She was born in San Diego, California, on August 10, 1984. Her family then moved to Connecticut when Erin was “just a wee lad” as she put it, so she does not remember a ...