Changing family and household structures Flashcards
Has nuclear families increased or decreased?
Decrease
Whats a cohabitation couple?
A commited relationsip that live togther but they are unmarried
Has same sex couples and one person households increased or decreased?
Increased
What’s one reason why there is a decrease in reconstituted families?
Older couples are having babies so they are less likely to separate
What is lone parent families linked to?
Divorce
Freedom of choice in relationship
Socially acceptable
What could be a cause of one person households?
If within an elderly couple one of them dies
State why there are changing patterns with fertility?
Later marriage
Women’s participation in work and school
Effective birth control methods
What are reason of changes in families, Family dveristy (Rapoport and Rapoport)
Cultural
Life course
Organisation
Generational
Social class
