Family

Household-Group of people living together who are not related by blood or law

Cohabitation-A couple who live together without being married
Empty nest-A married couple whose children have grown up and moved out
Empty shell marriage-Love between a couple has ended no real reason to stay married 
Extended family-A family consisting of more people than one or two parents and their children
Horizontally extended family-Family containing other relatives from the same generation
Vertically extended family-Family consisting of people from more than two generations 
Reconstitued family-Where people who have divorced with children remarry
Lone parent family-One parent raising their children on their own 
Symmetrical family-Responsibilities and tasks within a marriage are shared equally
One person house hold-One person living alone
Same sex family-A family headed by two people of the same sex
Nucleur family-Family consisting of two married parents and their children

Pre-industrial-Nucleur family (people died earlier, married later)

After industrial revolution-Extended family (People lived in cities, easier to get places)

1950's-Strong family networks (People lived closer, mums and daughters strong relationships)

1960's-Privatised nucleur family (People moved away, not many travel links or technology)

21st century-Family diversity (More cars and technology) 

Increase due to:

• Seculirisation
• 1969 divorce act (made divorce easier and cheaper)
• Media influence (celebs get divorced)
• Less social stigma
• Role of woman changing more independant
• Divorce cheaper so women can afford it

Less people marrying:

• Weddings expensive
• Seculirisation
• No longer 'living in sin'
• People would prefer to spend money on a house

Equal:

• Different types of dads some are more involved
• Women being involved in decisions
• More women are working full time
• Equal pay act 1970 and 1975 Sex discrimination act
• Rise of feminism
• Better contraception

Not equal:

• Triple shift/dual burden
• Feminists believe family is still patriachal

• People living longer
• Changing social attitudes
• More lone parents
• More women choosing career over family
• More child centered 
• Easier to divorce
• Secularisation

More women are realising they dont need to have children and get married they should have aspirations and jobs

Fertility rate declining now at 2.4

Reasons for the decline:

• Changing expectations of women
• More women remaining childless
• Women marrying later
• Children are an economic liability
• Women are having children later
• Family is more child centered

Segregated conjugal roles-Husband and wife perfom different roles and tasks and have a number of seperate intrests

Intergrated conjugal roles-Roles in the household are shared and husbands and wives share hobbies and intrests

Dual burden-Women are expected to hold down a full time job but also complete most of the household chores

Triple shift-Women are expected to do both the housework and have a full time job with the added pressure of making sure everyone in the families emotional needs are meet

Is the family becoming more symmetrical?
YES- More women working
Women can file for divorce
Men taking more active role in home and aware of expectations of 'new man'
Dont rely on men
NO-Men still earn more
Dual burden & triple shift
Men have less paternity leave 

Segregated conjugal roles-Husband and wife perfom different roles and tasks and have a number of seperate intrests

Intergrated conjugal roles-Roles in the household are shared and husbands and wives share hobbies and intrests

Dual burden-Women are expected to hold down a full time job but also complete most of the household chores

Triple shift-Women are expected to do both the housework and have a full time job with the added pressure of making sure everyone in the families emotional needs are meet

Is the family becoming more symmetrical?
YES- More women working
Women can file for divorce
Men taking more active role in home and aware of expectations of 'new man'
Dont rely on men
NO-Men still earn more
Dual burden & triple shift
Men have less paternity leave