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Changing Patterns - 2.6 Flashcards

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What the trend in Divorce?

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Divorce in recent years has been declined, but more > past.

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What is the reason for the fall in divorce?

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less ppl are marrying and cohabiting instead.

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What % of marriages end in Divorce?

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40% of marriages end in divorce

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What Gender does Divorce usually come from?

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65% of divorces come from women

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Divorce Key Sociologists

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> Fletcher (Rising Expectations of Marriage)

> Goode (Functional Fit)

> Dennis (Functional Fit)

> Allan & Crowe (Functional Fit)

> Bernard (Radical Feminists)

> Feminist Explanation

> Beck & Giddens (Modernity and Individualisation)

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Explain the Significance of Changes in the Law, in relation to Explanations for the Increase in Divorce?

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  • Grounds for Divorce, equalised for men and women.
  • Widening of grounds for divorce to ‘irretrievable breakdown.
  • Cheaper divorce
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Criticisms of Changes in the Law

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> Divorce was rising before widening of divorce to irretrievable breakdown.

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Explain the Secularisation and Declining Stigma in relation to Explanations for the Increase in Divorce?

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> Divorce was stigmatised, by churches.

> But societies more secular so ppl don’t care about religion when making decisions on personal matters.

> So divorce is more common, so more ppl willing to resort to it.

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Outline how Rising Expectations of Marriage (Fletcher) lead to Higher Divorce?

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> Divorce due to higher expectations of marriage

> Ideology of Romantic Love, so marriage is based purely on love

> If love dies no reason to stay married

> In past individuals had little choice about marriage, they were made for economic reasons

> So ppl had lower expectations of marriage, not annoyed by lack of romance or intimacy

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Functionalist Optimistic View on Divorce

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High rate of re-marriage shows divorcees haven’t rejected marriage as an institution.

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Criticisms of Optimistic View on Divorce

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Feminists say this is a rosy view, patriarchal oppression of women causes divorce.

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Explain how Goode’s (Functional Fit Theory) lead to Higher Divorce?

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  • Divorce increased as family’s become isolated from EF

- So more burden on couples due to no support from other relatives.

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Explain how Dennis (Functional Fit Theory) lead to Higher Divorce?

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Believes as family performs fewer functions bonds w/ husband & wife are weaker.

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Explain how Allan & Crowe (Functional Fit Theory) lead to Higher Divorce?

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Families no longer economic unit so easier for them to break up.

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Explain the Feminist Explanation on Higher Divorce?

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  • Girls now wage earners so less financially dependent on husband, so more likely to end marriage.
  • Girls do ‘triple shift’ creating conflict w/ couples.
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Explain the Bernard’s Radical Feminist Explanation on Higher Divorce?

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  • Many feel increasing dissatisfaction w/ patriarchal marriage
  • Increasing divorce rates are evidence of growing acceptance of feminist ideas,
  • Less willing to tolerate patriarchal oppression, resulting in divorce.
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A03 Criticisms of Divorce Key Sociologists

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> Cooke & Gash (Feminist Explanation)

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Explain Cooke’s & Gash’s Criticisms of Feminist Explanations

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No evidence working women more likely to divorce, as working now accepted norm for married women

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Explain the Beck & Giddens Modernity and Individualisation Explanation on Higher Divorce?

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> Tradition to stay w/ 1 partner for life, unimportant, so relationships more fragile & unwilling to remain in unhappy relationships.

> Trend towards pure relationship, not for tradition or kids.

> Modernity encourages both sexes, adopt a consumerist identity, based on self-interest
leds to conflict of interest, pulling couples apart.

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Views of Divorce Key Sociologists

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> New Right (View on High Divorce Rate)

> Feminists (View on High Divorce Rate)

> Postmodernists (View on High Divorce Rate)

> Functionalist (View on High Divorce Rate)

> Interactionist (View on High Divorce Rate)

> PLP (View on High Divorce Rate)

> Smart (PLP view on High Divorce Rate)

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What is the New Right view on Meaning of High Divorce Rate?

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  • Undesirable as it undermines marriage & NF that’s good for social stability.
  • Creates welfare-dependent LPF, so boys have no male role model, increasing crime rate and poor educational outcomes.
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What is the Postmodernists view on Meaning of High Divorce Rate?

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  • Encourages individuals to have freedom to choose to end relationships.
  • Leads to greater family diversity
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What is the Feminist view on Meaning of High Divorce Rate?

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  • Divorce laws helped women to gain freedom, independence and equality.
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What is the Interactionists view on Meaning of High Divorce Rate?

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  • Need to look at what divorce means to individuals
  • Morgan says we can’t generalise about meaning of divorce as every one’s interpretation is different.
  • Mitchell and Goody found in their interviews:
  • One said day her father left was best day of her life and others say they’ve not recovered from it.
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What is the PLP view on Meaning of High Divorce Rate?

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Led to financial issue & lack of contact w/ kids and non-resident parents

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What is Smart’s PLP view on Meaning of High Divorce Rate?

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  • Divorce become normalised, so family can adapt to it without disintegrating, instead of seeing divorce as major social problem.
  • We should see it as 1 transition amongst others in the life course.
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Marriage & Partnerships Key Sociologists

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> Postmodernists (Beck & Giddens) (Reasons for Less Marriage)

> Chester & Coast (Relationship between Cohabitation & Marriage)

> Benjin (Young ppl favour Cohabitation > Marriage)

> Shelton & John (Cohabiting Women & Domestic Tasks)

> Weston (SSC Cohabitation)

> Allan & Crow (Benefits of SSC Cohabitation)

> Einasdottir (Gays & Attitudes to Civil Partnerships)

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What are the Trends in Marriage?

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> Declining
NO of Remarriages is rising
Ppl getting married later

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Reasons for Changing Patterns in Marriage

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> Postmodernism
Women more Financially Independent
Secularisation and Declining Stigma
Medical Advancement & Impact of Increased LE

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Explain Postmodernism (Beck) in relation to Reasons for Changing Patterns in Marriage (1)

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  • Ppl less likely to get married due to structural changes making life more uncertain.
  • Beck argues fewer ppl getting married, due to increase in ‘risk consciousness’ ppl see 40% marriages end in divorce, so unwilling to get married
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Explain Postmodernism (Beck and Giddens) in relation to Reasons for Changing Patterns in Marriage (2)

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  • individual desires are important > tradition so marriage less likely.
  • Now a pure relationship - lasts as long as both partners are happy, not due to tradition.
  • So cohabitation’s more ideal than marriage.
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A03 Reasons for Decline in Marriage Sociologists

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> New Right (Postmodernism)
Radical Feminists (Women More Financially Independent)
New Right (Cohabitation & Declining Stigma)
Murphy (Cohabitation & Declining Stigma)

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Explain Women more Financially Independent in relation to Reasons for Changing Patterns in Marriage

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  • Girls now less reliant on men.
  • Laws e.g. equal pay, put girls on = terms with men
  • Don’t need marriage for financial security, so more freedom to be single.
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Radical Feminists Criticisms of Women More Financially Independent

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> Despite laws e.g. equal pay

> e.g. Women still discriminated against in job market

> e.g. not being given jobs or less pay, due to stereotype they’ll end up getting pregnant, despite them having same qualifications as a man.

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Explain Secularisation and Declining Stigma in relation to Reasons for Changing Patterns in Marriage

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  • Churches favour marriage, but as influence declines people choose not to marry.
  • Less stigma to cohabitation & kids out of wedlock.
  • Pregnancy, no longer leads to a ‘shotgun wedding’’
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New Right Criticisms of Cohabitation and Declining Stigma

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> New Right oppose cohabitation, as it’s less stable then marriage & there’s no commitment to stay

> Detrimental to kids from a cohabiting couple, who’s parents have broken up.

> Leading to absence of male role model, resulting in higher crime rates & poor educational outcomes.

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Murphy Criticisms of Cohabitation and Declining Stigma

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Kids of cohabiting parents are disadvantaged.

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Explain Medical Advancement & Impact of Increased LE in relation to Reasons for Changing Patterns in Marriage

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> Men & women are now more career-focused, put off marriage to focus on careers.

> IVF means women can have kids in their 40s.

> Increased LE so ppl don’t have to rush to get married.

> Time to find someone that’s perfect for them, trialling & testing, e.g. through cohabitation

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Define Cohabitation

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Unmarried couple in a sexual relationship living together

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Trends in Cohabitation

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Increased

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Reasons for Increase in Cohabitation

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> Less Stigma to sex outside marriage

> Improved Economic Position of Women - don’t need financial security of marriage.

> Secularisation

> More equality in cohabiting relationships > heterosexual

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Explain the Relationship between Cohabitation and Marriage

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> As Cohabitation increases, marriages decreases

> Relationship between 2’s not clear, as some see Cohabitation as Trial Marriage or an alternative to marriage entirely.

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Explain Chester & Coast’s findings on what the Main Reason for Cohabitation is?

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  • For most people, cohabitation’s part of process of getting married
  • 75% of cohabiting couples say there expecting to marry each other.
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Explain the Idea of Cohabitation as a Trial Marriage

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> Many use cohabitation as a trial marriage, plan to marry if it goes well.
Most cohabiting couples marry if they have kids

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Explain Benjin’s idea of Cohabiting being an alternative to Marriage, going against the idea of Cohabitation as a Trial Marriage?

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  • Young ppl want negotiated & = relationship not patriarchal marriage.
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Explain Shelton & John findings on Cohabiting Women & Domestic Tasks

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  • Cohabiting Women, do less housework than those in married
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What are Stonewall’s findings on SSC couples?

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> Recent acceptance of SSC relationships.

> Equal rights e.g marriage and adoption rights.

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What are Weeks findings on Chosen Families for SSC’s?

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> SSC cohabitation resembling straight cohabitations.

> LGBT create chosen families w/ friendship as kinship, w/ same & stability as heterosexuals.

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What are Weston’s findings on SSC cohabitation?

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  • SSC cohabitation is a quasi marriage, cohabiting as stable partners.
  • Contrast vs gay attitudes in 70s, rejecting monogamy & family life in opting for casual relationships.
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What are Alan and Crow’s findings on SSC Cohabitation in comparison to heterosexual couples?

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SSC negotiate responsibilities more than married couples, and more flexible & less stable than heterosexual relationships.

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What are Einasdottir findings on Gays & Attitudes to Civil Partnerships

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  • Many gays optimistic to have partnerships legally recognised.
  • Others feel it may limit flexibility of relationships, wanting their relationships to be different from heterosexuals.
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What is the trend in One-Person Households?

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> Risen
Almost ½ of OPH are 65+
Men under 65, most likely to live alone.

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What are the 4 Reasons for One Person Households?

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> Increasing divorce, especially w/ men under 65

> After divorce kids likely to live w/ mum, w/ dad more likely to leave.

> Later marriage, so more ppl remaining single

> Lots of ppl now make deliberate choice to live alone.

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Define LAT’s

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Couples in relationships, living separately.

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What are Trends in LATs

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1/10 adults live in LATs

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Why do people choose to live in LATs

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Through choice or restriction e.g. as they can’t afford to or it’s too early to cohabit

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What are Public Attitudes to LATs?

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> Not abnormal ppl today feel couples don’t have to live together to have strong relationships

> For some it’s their ideal relationship.

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Outline the Trends in Childbearing?

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> 47% of kids born outside marriage, mostly from cohabiting parents

> Women having kids later & and more are remaining childless, as they have more options e.g. a career.

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Reasons for Changes in Childbearing

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> Less stigma for births outside wedlock and increase in cohabitation.
Later age women having kids
More women remaining childless.
Women want career 1st, more options than kids

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What Fraction of Families do LPF account for?

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Account for ¼ of all families.

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Why have LPF risen?

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Risen due to increased divorce & decline in stigma to births outside wedlock.

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Why are LPF mostly headed by women?

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90% of LPF, headed by women, due to belief they’re suited to expressive role + courts giving mums custody.

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Reasons for Rise in LPF

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> Increase in Divorce
Less Stigma
Increase in Never Married women having kids
Death of 1 Parent

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Murray on New Right View on LPF?

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> Blame overgenerous welfare benefits from state offering perverse incentives, rewarding irresponsible sexual behaviour.

> Creating a dependency culture, where ppl rely on state to support them.

> Solutions to abolish Welfare Benefits.

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Cashmore on LPF criticising New Right view

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WC mums with less income rely on welfare benefits, due to abuse.

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Renvoize on LPF criticising New Right view

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WC women can provide for kids without father.

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Criticisms of New Right view on LPF (Murray)

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> Childcare’s expensive, stops LPF mothers working

> Failure of Fathers to pay maintenance, especially if they have 2nd family, they need to support

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Why are Reconstituted Families increasing?

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Due to divorce & remarriage

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Where are Kids in RF mostly from?

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Kids mostly from woman’s previous relationship

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What % of RF do they account for?

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Account for over 10% of families w/ dependent kids

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Why are RF at higher risk of poverty?

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At higher risk of poverty, cuz they’ve got more kids & supporting kids from prev relationships.

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What were Ferri and Smith’s findings on how RF families are similar to 1st families?

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  • SF, similar to 1st families in all aspects

- Involvement of SF in childcare is a positive one, but RF have greater risk of poverty.

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What were Allan and Crown findings on problems RF families face?

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SF may face problems of divided loyalties and issues e.g. contact w/ non-resident parents, creates tension.

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What are Tensions faced by SF result of?

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Tensions faced by SF, result of lack of clear social norms on how to behave in SF.

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Ethnic Differences in Family Patterns Key Sociologists

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> Mirza (Explanation for Female-Headed LPF)
Reynolds (Stats on LPF)
Ballard (Development of Asian Families)

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What type of families are blacks most likely to be?

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> More likely to be LPF

> ½ of black families were LPF.

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How does Family Disorganisation explain Female-Headed LPF?

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Due to high unemployment rates of black men, they can’t provide for families, leading to marital breakdown.

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How does Mirza explain Female-Headed LPF?

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Pattern of LPF for blacks, due to value of black women on independence, not disorganisation.

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How does Reynolds argue the stats on LPF are misleading?

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Many LPF are stable supportive non-cohabiting relationships.

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What’s the pattern in households of South Asians vs White British?

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South Asians have larger households, compared w/ White British households, but mostly NF not EF

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What are Larger Households of South Asians due to?

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> Younger age profile of Asians, higher NO are in childbearing age groups vs pop as whole.

> And high values placed on EF

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What were Ballards findings on importance of Extended Families in Asian Households?

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> EF ties provide vital support for Asian Migrants, when migrating to UK during 50s & 60s.

> In early period of migration, Asian houses often shared by EF

> But later on, Asian households were NF w/ relatives living nearby, visiting often.

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Which religions are most likely to live in EF?

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Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus

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EF Key Sociologists

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> Parsons (View on EF)

> Charles (EF in Swansea)

> Wilmott (Dispersed EF)

> Chamberlain (Caribbean EF)

> Bell (Differences in EF w/ WC & MC)

> Finch & Mason (Obligations to Relatives)

> Cheal (Obligation to Relatives vs Sons & Daughters)

> Mason (Daughters Role in Obligations to Relatives)

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What was Parsons Functionalist Idea of Extended Family (EF)?

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Parsons believed EF was dominant type in pre-industrial society, but’s been replaced with NF.

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What was Charles findings on EF in Swansea

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3 gen family all living under same roof is extinct, except city’s Bengali community.

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What was Wilmott’s view on EF?

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> EF may have declined, but it’s not fully extinct.

> Still exists as dispersed EF living close, not together but communicating through frequent visits & phone calls.

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Chamberlain Study of Caribbean Extended Families

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> Despite EF being dispersed, EF still provide support, w/ close and frequent contact.

> Uncles & Aunts + Cousins who make big contribution to childcare.

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What were Colin Bell’s Findings on EF

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> In Swansea, both WC & MC had emotional bonds w/ extended kin & relying on them for support.

> In MC, there was financial support w/ father & son.

> WC had frequent contact w/ domestic help from mothers to daughters.

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Define Beanpole Family

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> Seen as long and thin, extended vertically through 3+ generations e.g. Grandparents, Parents, Kids.

> Not horizontally not incl. aunts or cousins etc.

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What 2 Demographics Changes have led to BF?

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> Increased LE, more surviving grandparents & great grandparents
Smaller family sizes, ppl have fewer siblings so less horizontal ties.

92
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Explain Finch and Mason’s idea of Obligations to Relatives?

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90% of ppl had received or gave financial help to relatives, half cared for sick relatives.

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Explain Cheals idea of Obligations to Relatives vs Sons & Daughters?

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  • When a OAP women needs personal care daughter/daughter in law is preferred > sons
  • Sons relied on to provide money.
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How does Mason criticise Cheal’s view?

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Not all daughters help, depends on history of relationship & obligation they feel.

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How are all the findings Different from Parsons idea of EF?

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> EF’s still performs important functions

> e.g. financial & domestic help

> Different from Parson’s, where members lived together & bound by strong mutual obligation

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