Demographic Trends Sociologists

Question 0

Foster

Answer 0

Working class families were more likely to be extended and live only a few streets away
Mothers and daughters had a close, strong bond

Question 1

Phillipson and Downs

Answer 1

Grandparents saw grandchildren frequently

Technology was used to keep in touch with extended kin

Question 2

Ross

Answer 2

Positive about being a grandparent
Bridge to the past
There for childcare and support especially in times of conflict

Question 3

Brannen

Answer 3

Bean pole families - lots of generations but very few people in each generation
Due to life expectancy, decline in fertility rate and increase in divorce

Question 4

Berthoud

Answer 4

Attitudes of A/C women reflects modern individualism
A/C women more likely to be employed than men and rationally weigh up the costs of marriage as they prefer to be economically independent

Question 5

Chamberlain and Gilbourne

Answer 5

A/C women are supported by extended kin which often extends to friends
Neighbours are ‘aunts and uncles’

Question 6

Rapport

Answer 6

Middle class parents more child centred, higher interest in schooling.
Assumes W/C don't care -poverty and lack of material support could be factors

Question 7

Gottman

Answer 7

No side effects of gender identification for children from same-sex families
Just as likely to be heterosexual

Question 8

Dunne

Answer 8

Kids from same-sex couples are more likely to be tolerant and see equality as an important feature of their relationships

Question 9

Beck and Beck-Gernsheim

Answer 9

Choice, conflict and individualisation