family diversity

Question 1

define family

Answer 1

social institution consisting of a group of people related by kinship

Question 2

define nuclear family

Answer 2

2 heterosexual parents living with their biological children

Question 3

define classic extended family

Answer 3

all extended family sharing the same household or living nearby

Question 4

define modified extended family

Answer 4

all extended family living far apart but keeping in touch regularly

Question 5

define extended family

Answer 5

kinship network consisting of cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents

Question 6

define beanpole family

Answer 6

multi generational extended family that is long and thin due to people living longer and having fewer children

Question 7

define patriarchal family

Answer 7

authority is held by males

Question 8

define matriarchal family

Answer 8

authority is held by women

Question 9

define symmetrical family

Answer 9

authority and household tasks are shared between male and female partners

Question 10

define reconstituted family

Answer 10

one or both partners previously married, with children from the previous marriages

Question 11

define single person household

Answer 11

an individual living alone

Question 12

define lone parent family

Answer 12

lone parent living with dependant children

Question 13

define same sex family

Answer 13

same sex couples living together with children

Question 14

define monogamy

Answer 14

one husband and one wife (normal couple)

Question 15

define serial monogamy

Answer 15

series of monogamous relationships

Question 16

define arranged marriage

Answer 16

arranged by parents to match their children with partners of similar background and status

Question 17

define polygamy

Answer 17

married to multiple people at the same time

Question 18

define polygyny

Answer 18

husband has multiple wives

Question 19

define polyandry

Answer 19

wife having multiple husbands

Question 20

what did chester say

Answer 20

nuclear family is threatened by diversity
neo-conventional family= both parents having paid employment
statistics supporting increasing diversity are usually based on proportion of diverse family households and not proportion of people who live in diverse households

Question 21

lone parent family statistics

Answer 21

25% of families in UK are lone parent families
26% of all people under 19 live in lone parent families
90% of lone parent families have women as the dominant parent

Question 22

what did ford and millar say

Answer 22

lone parenthood is considered second rate and imperfect
many experience debt and material hardship

Question 23

what did allan and crow say

Answer 23

increase in lone parenthood is due to marital breakdowns and rise in births due to unmarried mothers
lone parenthood can be explained by increasing acceptance of diversity and choice in family life

Question 24

what did mcintosh say

Answer 24

single mothers have been stigmatised and blamed for problems such as youth crime and unemployment

Question 25

what do feminists say about lone parent families

Answer 25

family ideology causes problems for lone parent families because it leads to a negative label single parents are used as scapegoats for inner city problems

Question 26

reconstituted family statistics

Answer 26

2003- 726,000 children lived in reconstituted families

Question 27

what de'ath and slater say

Answer 27

some challenges that reconstituted families may face are; children being pulled in 2 directions conflict with step parents and step siblings complications when new couple have children of their own

Question 28

statistics for single person household

Answer 28

2006- 3/10 of households contained 1 person, nearly 3x more since 1961 2017- 53% of single person households contained 1 women, 46% 1 man

Question 29

what does stonewall say

Answer 29

estimates that 5-7% of adult population in 2008 have same sex relationships impossible to say if figure has increased or decreased evidence of increased social acceptance (1967- male homosexual acts decriminalised, age of consent is equal with heterosexuals)

Question 30

what does bhatti say

Answer 30

his interviews on Asian families in south england show a strong emphasis of family loyalty as Izzat was taken very seriously mothers saw their family role as the most important in life suggesting that Asian families add diversity to UK by maintaining traditional nuclear families

Question 31

what did chamberlain say

Answer 31

extended family members have more importance in African-Caribbean families than they do in white British families siblings often play significant part in raising younger siblings women are likely to assist sister in raising children