Chesters Claim Flashcards
1
Q
What was his claim?
A
That the nuclear family is dominant in British society
2
Q
What two pieces of evidence did he have to support his claim?
A
1) if you look at the percentage of people as opposed to the percentage of households, nearly half of the population live in the nuclear family
2) it is inevitable that some people will be apartment of the nuclear family at one point
3
Q
What does he recognise?
A
The growing number of women who work outside the home and where the male is not the sole breadwinner
4
Q
Since his study in 1980s, what has there been a drift from
A
A continues slow but steady drift away from the nuclear family within Britain
