Ethnic differences in family patterns

Question 1

What has helped to create greater ethnic diversity ?

Answer 1

Immigration into Britain over the last 60 years

Question 2

Census 2001

Answer 2

shows that 92.1% of the UK population (54million) were White

7.9% belonged to ethnic inority
-indian
-pakistani
-blangdeshi
-mixed ethinicy
-black carribean
-black african
chinese

Question 3

What has contributed to changing family patterns in the UK?

Answer 3

greater ethnic diversity

Question 4

Which ethnic minority have a higher proportion of lone-parent households?

Answer 4

Black Caribbean and Black African people

Question 5

The high rate of female-headed, lone-parent families can sometimes be seen as evidence to what?

Answer 5

evidence of:
-family disorganization that can be traced back to slavery

-high rates of unemployment among black males

Question 6

What parallel is there with black families and slavery?

Answer 6

under slavery, when couples were sold separately, children stayed w/ the mother

-it is argued that this established a pattern of family that still persists today

Question 7

Why might black males be less able to provide for their families and what might this result in ?

Answer 7

-male unemployment and poverty

and

-results in higher rates of desertion or marital breakdown

Question 8

Which sociologist argues that the higher rates of lone-parent families among black is NOT the result of disorganisation?

Answer 8

Heidi Safia Mirza (1997)

Question 9

Heidi Safia Mirza (1997)

Answer 9

argues that the higher rate of lone-parent families among the black is not the result of disorganization, but rather reflects the high value that black women place on independence .

Question 10

Who argues that statistics are misleading regarding ‘lone’ parents being unstable ?

Answer 10

Tracey Reynolds

Question 11

Tracey Reynolds

Answer 11

argues that statistics are misleading in that apparently, many ‘lone’ parents are in fcat stable, supportive but non-cohabiting relationships

Question 12

Which ethnic minority families tend to be large ?

Answer 12

Bangladeshi- 4.5 per households
Pakistani - 4.1 per households
Indian - 4.3 per households

Question 13

How many generations do asian families usually contain?

Answer 13

3 generations

Question 14

What is the most common family type within asian households ?

Answer 14

nuclear

but also extended families existent within asian households

Question 15

What do larger Asian households reflect?

Answer 15

value placed on the extended families in Asian cultures

practical considerations such as need for assistance when migrating to Britain

Question 16

Which sociologist found that extended family ties provided strong sense of support?

Answer 16

Roger Ballard (1982)

Question 17

Roger Ballard (1982)

Answer 17

found that extended family ties provided an important source of support among Asian migrants during 1950s and 1960s

Question 18

Asian household situations during early period of migration of ?

Answer 18

Houses were often shared by extended families

Question 19

Asian household situation recently?

Answer 19

-most asian household nuclear
-relatives often lived nearby
-frequent visitations
-kinship networks

=continue to be source of support

Question 20

Today, which religious groups are more likely to live in extended family units?

Answer 20

Sikhs
Muslims
Hindu