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1.2 Family Diversity - patterns Flashcards

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1
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what is the government definition of a household?

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one or more people sharing accommodation and living together

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what is the government definition of a family?

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a couple with or without children or a lone parent with children

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what is the nuclear family?

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a father mother and one or more children (biological or adopted) living together - seen as the typical/normal family

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stats from the ONS show which type of family is the most common?

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nuclear - 4.7 million married couples with dependant children

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what has been the only family type to decrease in number since 1996?

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nuclear

with cohabiting couples and single parents increasing

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what are extended families?

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families including relatives beyond nuclear

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what are vertically extended families?

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families comprising of 3 generations living together e.g. grandparents, parents and children

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what are horizontally extended families?

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relatives from same generation living together e.g. two brothers and their wives and children

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9
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who were extended families particularly important for?

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traditional working class

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now the extended family is seen to be in decline, Young and Willmott say this is due to the emergence of the symmetrical family, what is this?

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based on nuclear family centred on husband and wife relationship

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11
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Beck and Beck- Gurnsheim have argued individualisation has contributed to decline in extended families how?

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individuals choose their own lifestyles

they can choose to maintain ties with extended families or not

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according to the ONS what percent of families are multifamily households (inc. extended)?

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less than 1%

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what is the fastest growing type of household according to the ONS?(2013)

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multifamily

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today most extended families are dispersed extended families according to willmott what is this?

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nuclear families are main unit, relatives don’t live together but can rely on network of extended family members for support

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what has contributed to the dispersion of extended families?

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better transport and technology for communication

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what are lone parent families?

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single parent caring for one or more children

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in what percentage of lone parent families is the lone parent the mother? and what does this reflect?

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91%

reflecting women are more likely to take on caring responsibilities

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in 2013 how many lone parents were there with dependant children?

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1.9 million

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what percentage of families with dependent children do lone parent families represent?

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25%

20
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what is a reconstituted family?

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when a couple come together and form a family with at least one child from a previous relationship

21
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in 2011 how many reconstituted families with dependant children were there in England and wales?

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544,000

22
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what percent of couple families with dependent children are reconstituted?

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11%

23
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according to gov stats, how much more likely are children in lone parent families to be in poverty compared to children in couple families?

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twice as likely

24
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how many children in lone parent families are in poverty?

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43%

4 in 10

25
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Spencer found children in lone parent families were more at risk of what?

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poor health
low educational achievement
anti social behaviour

26
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what are same sex families?

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same sex couples with children

27
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how many civil partnerships were their in 2013?

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8000

28
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how many cohabiting same sex couples were there in 2013?

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5000

29
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what do same sex families remain?

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a minority of families in the uk - but has been significant change recently e.g. legislation of same sex marriage

30
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what are non family households?

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households made up of one person living alone or friends living together e.g students in shared accomodation

31
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in 2013 how many households were single person households?

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7.8. million

32
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what are some reasons for the increase in people living alone?(kilenberg)

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cult of the individual
communications revolution
ageing population

33
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what is the cult of the individual?

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individuals more focused on themselves than role in traditional structures - can chose to opt out and live alone

34
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why does the communications revolution lead to living alone?

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can still have social life when living alone

35
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what are LATs?

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living apart together

36
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why might people be LAT? (Haskey and Lewis)

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work commitments

prelude to cohabitation or marriage

37
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Roseneil and Budgeon ( rejecting heteronorm) study those living alone what two key changes did they focus on?

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friends taking the place of the family

decentering of conjugal relationships

38
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(Roseneil and Budgeon) how are friends replacing the family?

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changing personal relationships - colleagues, friends, extended family taking place of traditional family

39
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(Roseneil and Budgeon) what is the decentering of conjugal relationships?

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people no longer building lives around marriage and a family - nuclear family is no longer central to a persons life

40
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(Roseneil and Budgeon) see changes as breakdown of the heteronorm, what is the heteronorm?

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that intimate relationships between heterosexual couples are the normal intimate relationship

41
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What is a household?

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One or more people sharing accommodation living together

42
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What is a family (gov)?

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A couple with or without children

Lone parent with children

43
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What is a family according to Murdock?

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Adults of both sects maintaining a socially approved sexual relationship with one or more children

44
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Why did Murdock say the nuclear family was universal?

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His own study of 250 societies - nuclear family existed in all

45
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(Murdock) criticism - according to Gough what do all societies not have?

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Nuclear family

Nayar of India - wives and husbands did not live together and they could have several partners

46
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(Murdock) criticism - who does his definition exclude?

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Lone parents
Same sex couples
Reconstituted families
Couples without children

47
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(Murdock) criticism - not all families live where?

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In the same household - LATs

A Level Sociology (90 decks)

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