CHANGING PATTERNS IN FAMILY LIFE-SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS

Question 1

discuss single parenthood households

Answer 1

-30% of all households today are made up of just one person living alone
-Happens due to change in adult relationships and connection to patterns in divorce, marriage and cohabitation
-Rise in divorce rates due to one of the partners will likely end uo living alone following the divorce
-people choosing not to get married at all (creative single-hood) due to people may be more focused on their career, may feel fulfilled by friendships
DUNCAN AND PHILLIPS
came up with LATS->living apart together
-keen to maintain a romantic relationship,but don’t feel the need to live together.Due t various reasons, not wanting to give up property, negative past experiences of haring accommodation or simply not ready cohabit
-BSA found 20% of British people said that being a LAT would be the ideal relationship