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1
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Definition of a family?

A

A group of people related through blood, legal or marital ties

2
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Definition of a household?

A

A person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related

3
Q

What is an extended family?

A

Family of 3 generations who cohabit

4
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What is a bean-pole family?

A

Where there is a close relationship with grandparents. Seeing them every week or day

5
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What is a single parent family?

A

One parent with dependent children

6
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What is a reconstituted family or blended family?

A

Adult couple living with at least one child from previous relationships of the partner

7
Q

What is a same sex family?

A

Family containing two adults of the same sex

8
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What is a single person household?

A

Person living alone (Singleton)

9
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What is a nuclear family?

A

Two generations

- parents and children

10
Q

Who argued that the family was ‘universal’?

A

Murdock

11
Q

What is meant by a ‘cereal packet family’?

A

The ideal, stereotypical family, used by the media

12
Q

Who identified the cereal packet family? And when?

A
  • leach

- 1967

13
Q

Characteristics of the cereal packet family?

A
  • white
  • traditional gender roles
  • nuclear family, 2 parents, 2 children
  • heterosexual
  • happy, no problems/issues
14
Q

Who identified 5 different ways in which we can think about family diversity?

A

Rappoport

15
Q

What are the 5 ways we think about family diversity?

A
  • cultural diversity
  • social class diversity
  • life stage diversity
  • generational diversity
  • organisational diversity
16
Q

Give one factor identified with Asian families showing cultural diversity.

A

Extended families

17
Q

What are the criticisms of the differences in Asian families?

A

Cultural variation

18
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What are the trends for African-Caribbean families?

A

Singles parent families- led by female

Matrifocal families

19
Q

Who argues that the higher rate of lone-parent families among blacks is not the result of disorganisation?

A

Heidi Mirza

20
Q

Who indicates that African Caribbean’s are more likely than other ethnic group to intermarry with members of another ethnic group, especially white people?

A

Lucinda platt

21
Q

Why are African Caribbean’s more likely to inter-marry?

A
  • less cultural pressure
  • more accepting
  • less of them/less choice
22
Q

Fill the missing words:

Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian household tend to be ______ than those of other ethnic groups.

A

Larger

23
Q

Who found that extended family ties provided an important source of support among Asian migrants during the 1950s and 1960s?

A

Roger Ballard

24
Q

Fill the missing words:

A significant majority of _____ people (as well as _________ ___) still practice arranged marriages.

A
  • Asian

- Orthodox Jews

25
Q

Fill the missing words:

An arranged marriage usually involves _______ _________ about a proposed match.

A

Mutual discussion

26
Q

Ways people can become lone parent families?

A
  • death
  • break up of cohabitation
  • divorce - legal end of marriage
  • one night stand - never in relationship to start with
27
Q

Why are single parent families normally headed by women?

A
  • a mother is more likely to be given custody over the child/children
  • stereotypically, the father is more likely to focus on his career more
  • men don’t want their masculinity threatened
28
Q

What are some positives of lone parent families?

A
  • don’t have to share everything with partner
  • may have a strong bond with the children
  • nicer to be with one happy parent than two unhappy ones
29
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What are some negatives of lone parent families?

A
  • a lot of responsibility and pressure for one person
  • parent may be over protective
  • kids from lone parent families are more likely to go to prison
  • feel ashamed to not be part I a nuclear family