Key concepts

Question 1

Nuclear Family

Answer 1

A couple with one or more biological or adopted children

Question 2

Extended Family

Answer 2

Families that include kin or relatives beyond the nuclear family

Question 3

(Vertical) Extended Family

Answer 3

Comprises of not just two generations( parents and children) but three or more (grandparents)

Question 4

Lone Parent Family

Answer 4

Family where at least one child lives with just one parent

Question 5

Reconstituted Family

Answer 5

Where a couple come together and form a family including at least one child form a previous relationship of one of the couple

Question 6

Same Sex Family

Answer 6

A family where the couple are of the same sex

Question 7

Non Family Households

Answer 7

Families where not everyone are blood related

Question 8

Beanpole Families

Answer 8

Family groups now getting thinner like a beanpole. Family groups of three or four generations.

Question 9

LAT’s

Answer 9

Couple who are in an intimate relationship but live at different addresses