Changes in family

Question 1

what is meant by family diversity

Answer 1

different types of families a part from the nuclear family —> no one dominant family

Question 2

Willmott (family diversity + extended family)

Answer 2

the dispersed extended family is the norm

Question 3

Brannen (family diversity + beanpole family)

Answer 3

beanpole family is typically in Britain

Question 4

Gillies & Jamieson - intimacy versus social breakdown

Answer 4

statistical analysis of family forms & household structures show that there’s an increase in diversity in wats people choose to live together

Question 5

Crow (family diversity)

Answer 5

suggests that family diversity has been overstated & there has always been variety of family types but people are discreet

Question 6

Cereal packet family

Answer 6

advertisement of a typical family

Question 7

Oakley (cereal packet family)

Answer 7

advertised often try to sell products which suit a typical family = cereal packet family —> portraying that this is the conversational family = norm

Question 8

Thorne (family diversity)

Answer 8

people have different experiences of the family depending on gender, generation, ethnicity &class

Question 9

Finch (family diversity)

Answer 9

family display —> how some perform or exhibit being a family —> the way in which families are displayed isn’t by choice but by an establishment —> some judege families off of fitting cereal packet family

Question 10

Rapoports 1982 establish diversity types

Answer 10

Cultural
Lifestyles
Organisational
Generational
Social class

Question 11

Cultural diversity

Answer 11

difference in lifestyles between families of different ethnic groups & national or religious groups

Question 12

Lifestyle

Answer 12

difference between newly married couples with children & couples with dependant or non dependant children

Question 13

Organisational

Answer 13

variational in family structure, household types & division of labour

Question 14

Generational

Answer 14

different ides about what is considered acceptable of family structure, roles etc —> one gen can have different patterns

Question 15

Social class

Answer 15

difference in how upper/ lower can socialise children

Question 16

reasons for diversity Allan & Crow

Answer 16

diversification has continued —> no longer a fixed set of stages in life cycle —> more unpredictable

Question 17

what are the reasons for family diversity (5)

Question 18

Cohabitation meaning