Family Diversity

Question 1

Lone parent families definition and increasing

Answer 1

Crow and hardy

Increased 3x in 30 years to 22%

Question 2

3 Reasons for increase in lone parent families

Answer 2

Increasing divorce rate to 40%- changes in attitudes, the law and independence of women, finance-kurz and Allan and crow welfare

choice- role of men is marginal and welfare state- career women biological clock

Breakdown of cohabits- 1/5 born into them and functionalists lack of stability

Coparenting- smart says children value this

Question 3

Reconstituted families facts

Answer 3

10% of all families in 2004 ONS

have own child for cement

Question 4

Extended families facts

Answer 4

3 and 4 generations

Can be horizontal or vertical

Question 5

Extended family studies

Answer 5

Chan and chan in cultural diversity but have sense of obligation
Kidults living at home
Brannen beanpole

Question 6

Cohabiting families

Answer 6

Increased to 1/5 in 2001 Duncan

BUT most registered to same address and argues stability

Question 7

Same sex families

Answer 7

Weeks- chosen families
Civil partnership 2004 and marriage in 2014
Can adopt, surrogate and donor

Question 8

Married persons households reasons

Answer 8

Most common household today
Voluntary childlessness or delay due to careers
Longer life expectancy dispersal phase giddens

Question 9

Single persons households

Answer 9

Creative singlehood lifestyle choice

Question 10

Evaluation for family diversity

Answer 10

Postmodernist a free to choose

Largely organisational and rappports say cultural and class

Eversley regional diversity

Question 11

Nuclear family study and facts

Answer 11

Parsons roles
However only 5%
And 20% in dual earner families