Family Diversity Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
what is a family?
A
group of people related by kinship ties - blood, marriage or civil partnership
2
Q
what is a household?
A
group of people living at the same address- may or may not be related
3
Q
what is a nuclear family?
A
consisting of a father, mother, one or more children- biological or adopted
4
Q
define what an extended family is
A
families that include relatives beyond the nuclear family
5
Q
what are joint conjugal roles?
A
parents sharing roles e.g. 2 breadwinners
6
Q
what term did Beck and Beck coin?
A
individualisation
7
Q
Wilmott talks about “dispersed extended families”, what does this mean?
A
means that kin no longer live together in the same household
