Demographic Trends Sociologists Flashcards
Foster
Working class families were more likely to be extended and live only a few streets away Mothers and daughters had a close, strong bond
Phillipson and Downs
Grandparents saw grandchildren frequently
Technology was used to keep in touch with extended kin
Ross
Positive about being a grandparent
Bridge to the past
There for childcare and support especially in times of conflict
Brannen
Bean pole families - lots of generations but very few people in each generation
Due to life expectancy, decline in fertility rate and increase in divorce
Berthoud
Attitudes of A/C women reflects modern individualism
A/C women more likely to be employed than men and rationally weigh up the costs of marriage as they prefer to be economically independent
Chamberlain and Gilbourne
A/C women are supported by extended kin which often extends to friends
Neighbours are ‘aunts and uncles’
Rapport
Middle class parents more child centred, higher interest in schooling. Assumes W/C don't care -poverty and lack of material support could be factors
Gottman
No side effects of gender identification for children from same-sex families
Just as likely to be heterosexual
Dunne
Kids from same-sex couples are more likely to be tolerant and see equality as an important feature of their relationships
Beck and Beck-Gernsheim
Choice, conflict and individualisation