Home Economics - Family and Society

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  • Created on: 11-05-17 21:30
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  • Family and Society
    • Standard of living
      • + Financial resources  + the number of people  + the number of dependents + The profession or occupation of the individuals  + health of individuals  + the geographical location  + the amount of debt  + the cost of housing
    • A Family is… A social unit connected by blood, marriage or adoption A Household is… One person living alone or multiple people who share the same address and living arrangements 
    • Structures
      • Nuclear Family 2 generations Extended Family 3 generations Reconstituted Family Both parents have been previously married and had children Lone Parent Family Single male or female parent living with dependent children Gay/Lesbian Family Same-sex couple with children Single-Person Household I person living alone Multi-Person Household A group of people living in the  same accommodation
    • Functions
      • Reproduction of children
      • Socialise children
      • housing
      • Access to services
      • Financial resources
      • Care, security and protection
      • Values, beliefs and attitudes
      • Emotional needs for love
      • Cultural identity
    • Changes
      • - Smaller family size  - Increase in childless women  - Changing nature of the extended family  - Changes in the divorce rate  - Changing roles within the family  - Increase in older mothers  - More step families  - More cohabitation  - Increased births outside marriage  - increase in lone parent families  - More non-dependent children living with their parents  - civil partnerships  - more 1 person households

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