changing family patterns-stepfamily/singlehood 3

Question 1

one person hosueholds:

Answer 1

rise number of people living alone, many 65+, men under 65 also likely

Question 2

reason 1 for lone parents patterns/one person household

Answer 2

inc divorce/serpation, new married women having children, lone parent used to be due to parter dying as before stigma around children outside/before marrige was high

Question 3

reason2 for lone parents patterns/one person household renvolize

Answer 3

decline in people marrying, renvolize: proffeisonal women able to support their child without a father

Question 4

lone parent families statistics

Answer 4

1/4 of children in lone parents families, 90% of this family type are lone mothers, they are twice as likely to be in poverty compared to two parents, since 1971 number of lone parents in Britain tripled

Question 5

why lone parents families

Answer 5

inc divorce/dec marrige/dec stima/single by choice

Question 6

why lone parents families: cashmore

Answer 6

wc women will choose single hood/lone parents and will use welfare befits to do so as they have been through abuse before

Question 7

women are more likely to be head of lone parents

Answer 7

families of widespread belief expressive role, divorce courts giving women custodymore, les men willing to give up job/work for children

Question 8

views on lone parents:single hood
-new right:murray

Answer 8

lone parents family’s tend to inc bc the state is over genouruse with welfar benefits, he says it areas perverse incentive=state rewards irresponsible behaviour(encouraging) due to having children w/o being able to afford it creating dependency culture

Question 9

view on lone parents- new right

Answer 9

the rise of lone parent families is sign of decline of conventional family life. lone parent families source of social problems eg jovieilie crime

Question 10

critisim of new right

Answer 10

they are more likely to be in poverty, prevent from working, inadequate welfare benefits, fathers fail to pay maintenance esp if have 2nd family

Question 11

step families satistics

Answer 11

10% of all families with dependent family. two firths of all marriages are remarriages. 25% children experienced parents divorce

Question 12

step famileis- Allan and crow

Answer 12

step families can have problem of divided loyalties, issues like contact with non resident parent.

Question 13

ribbens macharthy et al - step families

Answer 13

over 50% of children who live with 2 households talk positive about divided life. their is diversity in this family type, some have tensions, some are similiar to ‘intact’ families

Question 14

resons for step family pattern

Answer 14

-lone parents having new aprternships (more divorce)
-children more likely to stay with mum after divorce, explaining why children in step families are from women more
-mroe at risk of poverty= more children to care for and father may be supporting from another relationship

Question 15

living appart together 9LAT

Answer 15

-inc in number of adults in significant relations but not married or coahbiting
may be bc some choose to stay in own home or can’t afford to live otgteher

Question 16

LAT- duncan and philips

Answer 16

1/10 lat, reflects a trend to less formalised relationships and families of choice. found choice and constraint play a part in wether couples live together