5 types of famiy diversity; organisational, cultural, generational, social class and life course
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what are the reasons for the increase in family diversity?
marriage, divorce, cohabitation, decline in births, decline in deaths, changing attitudes, changing roles of women, secularisation, welfare support, more cultures/ethnicities
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what are the different family types?
ethnic families, reconstituted, single parent, single person, extended, beanpole, dual income, LAT, same sex
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what did Ballard say? (extended families)
in Asian families extended family is important and they usually live close
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what did Mirza suggest?
the reason for lone parent families is not because of slavery but because of the importance that black women place on their independence
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what percentage of families are single parent?
22%
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why are single parent families nearly always female?
because they are more likely to be given custody of the children, seen as maternal
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what did Burden say about single parent households?
women receive lower salaries but work longer
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what are the effects of single parent households in society?
children from them are more likely to get divorced, mothers income drops,
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what did Charles Murray say about single parent households?
they lead to educational failure and crime
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what did Bernardes say? (single person households)
there are still strong pressures to get married today
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what did Stein say?(single person households)
many people are choosing creative singlehood where they live alone out of choice
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what did Young and Willmott say about extended families?
extended families are still important but they usually dont live together
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what did Charles find? (extended families)
the extended family in Britain was almost completely extinct
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what did mason say? (extended families)
women are usually faced with the burden of looking after elderly extended family members
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how did Brannen describe beanpole families?
long and thin
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how many families are LATs?
1 in 10
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what did the economic social research council say about LATs?
couples lived apart to keep their independence and career, 61% are young, 31% say they want to get married later
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which act gives same sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples?
Marriages (same sex) Act 2014
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what are the traits of working class families?
more likely to live in overcrowded housing, have traditional gender roles and have higher divorce rates
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what is a Neo conventional family?
a nuclear family where both parents work
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what did Chester say about nuclear families?
the nuclear family is still popular but is just a modern version with less traditional roles
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what did weeks say about family diversity?
there has been a long term shift in attitudes since the 1950s, sexual morals are based on personal choice not the church, there is a growing acceptance of family diversity in society, however family patterns continue to be fairly traditional
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what are the 2 things that cause reconstituted families?
divorce or death of spouse
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what did weeks say about same sex couples?
they create families where friends are seen as family
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what are the reasons for the increase in family diversity?
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marriage, divorce, cohabitation, decline in births, decline in deaths, changing attitudes, changing roles of women, secularisation, welfare support, more cultures/ethnicities
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