Family Patterns

Question 1

Patterns - Extended Family - Chamberlin

Answer 1

• Extended family no longer exist
• Support drawn from siblings

Question 2

Patterns - Beanpole - Bell

Answer 2

• Most families compose of 3 generations - grandparents, parents, kids
• Decline in contact with wider family

Question 3

Patterns - Divorce + Feminists - Hochschild

Answer 3

• Women feel valued at work more than home

Question 4

Patterns - Births declining - Lone Parents - Renvoize

Answer 4

• Professional women can raise children without father

Question 5

Patterns - Births Declining - Stepfamilies - McCarthy

Answer 5

• Mainly mixes picture with differing tensions

Question 6

Patterns - Births Declining - Stepfamilies - Ferri + Smith

Answer 6

• Step families are at greater risk of poverty

Question 7

Patterns - Divorce - Feminists - Single-Rushton

Answer 7

• Duel burden women are more likely to seek divorce

Question 8

Patterns - Births Declining - Lone Parents - Cashmore

Answer 8

• Welfare allows women to escape abusive relationships because it provides support

Question 9

Patterns - Cohabitation- Coast

Answer 9

• 75% of cohabiting couples intend to marry

Question 10

Patterns - Divorce + Rising Expectations of Marriage - Fletcher

Answer 10

• Idea of romantic love, perfect couple + relationship goals give couples high expectations
- when love dies seek divorce
• Previously married have lower expectation
• Marriage is still popular- most divorcees get remarried

Question 11

Patterns - Births Declining - Lone Parents - Murry

Answer 11

• Generous welfare benefits promote irresponsible beh
• Single mothers are over-dependent on welfare benefits

Question 12

Patterns - Cohabitation - Chester

Answer 12

• Cohabitation is the stage before marriage

Question 13

Patterns - Divorce + Declining stigma - Mitchell + Goody

Answer 13

• Divorce no longer has neg labels
• Stigma declined in 1960s
• People turn to Divorce to resolve problems

Question 14

Patterns - Family Types - LATs - Duncan + Philips

Answer 14

• Many couples are together but not marrying/cohabiting:
- cost of cohabiting + marriage
- Timing in relationship/wanting to keep own home

Question 15

Patterns - Divorce + Individualism - Beck + Giddens

Answer 15

• Individualisation Thesis
• In moder soc, individuals have more freedom to pursue self interest
- pure relationship –> relationship satisfies each others needs rather than duties/tradition
• Soc promotes individualistic consumer identities
- encourage to pursue own self-interests at expense of others

Question 16

Patterns - Divorce + Financial Independence - Allan + Crow

Answer 16

• Women are less financially dependent on men
• Equal Pay Act
• Girls more successful in Ed
• Welfare benefits give women some financial indep

Question 17

Patterns - Births Declining - Stepfamilies

Answer 17

• Struggle dividing loyalties + tension