1.2 Households

Question 1

A household consists of one or more people doing what?

Answer 1

Sharing accommodation

Living and eating together

Question 2

Do the people in households have to be related?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

Between 2000-2010 what happened to the percentage of people in family households?

Answer 3

Decreased

Question 4

Between 2000-2010 what happened to the percentage of people in non family households?

Answer 4

Increased

Question 5

What has happened to the number of people living alone?

Answer 5

Increased

Question 6

In 2006 how many households contained one person? What is this like compared to 1961?

Answer 6

3 out of 10

3 times the figure for 1961

Question 7

Half of all one person households are what?

Answer 7

Old age pensioners

Question 8

What has happened to the number of young men living alone?

Answer 8

Increased

Question 9

Increased separation and divorce have created what?

Answer 9

More one person households

Question 10

Why has increased separation and divorce created one person households among men?

Answer 10

Following divorce children are more likely to live with their mother

Question 11

Decline in marriage and later age of marriage means people are doing what?

Answer 11

Remaining single

Question 12

Beck - as society becomes more individualistic people seek what?

Answer 12

Greater choice and freedom in their lives and greater independence

Question 13

Beck - individuals focus on their own needs as opposed to what?

Answer 13

Their role in the family

Question 14

Stein - a growing number of people are opting for what type of singlehood?

Answer 14

Creative singlehood

Question 15

Stein - what is creative singlehood?

Answer 15

People deliberately choosing to live alone

Question 16

Stein - how can people live alone and still enjoy a social life?

Answer 16

Social media connecting people

Question 17

Thompson conducted research on LATs finding how many adults are LATs?

Answer 17

1 in 10

Question 18

What is LAT?

Answer 18

Living apart together - in a significant relationship but not married or cohabiting

Question 19

Thompson - what played a role in whether couples lived together?

Answer 19

Choice and constraint

Question 20

Thompson - how did constraint play a role?

Answer 20

Some could not afford to live together

Question 21

Thompson - how did choice play a role in LATs?

Answer 21

Some chose to live some as their preferred to keep their own home - family of choice