fam diversity

Question 1

trends in marriage

Answer 1

# in 1st marriages declined since 70's
in short term there is an increase (5.3% increase in 2012)
civil ceremonies = 70%
marrying later ( average = 34 yrs w 36.5 yrs m)

Question 2

reasons for changes in marriage

Answer 2

changing attitudes 
decline of religious influence
declining stigma o alternative marriage
changes in position of women 
fear of divorce

Question 3

trends in divorce

Answer 3

13 divorces per hour in uk
since 60’s increase in divorce
around 7/10 applications are from women
rate going down - might be because marriage is going down

Question 4

what do new right think of divorce ?

Answer 4

undesirable , undermines traditional nuclear fam.

Question 5

what do feminist think of divorce ?

Answer 5

desirable, shows women breaking free from oppression

Question 6

what do postmodernists think of divorce ?

Answer 6

showing individuals have freedom to choose to end a relationship

Question 7

what do functionalists think of divorce ?

Answer 7

not necessarily a threat to social institution of marriage, result of higher expectations

Question 8

what do internationalists think of divorce ?

Answer 8

aim to think about what divorce means to the individual

Question 9

what do personal life perspective think of divorce ?

Answer 9

divorce become normalised, should be seen as a transition

Question 10

reasons for changes in divorce

Answer 10

changing attitudes
decline of religious influence
changes in position of women
rising expectations of marriage

Question 11

different types of family types

Answer 11

cohabitation
same sex
one person household
lone parent families 
reconstituted 
beanpole

Question 12

trends in child bearing

Answer 12

47.5% babies born to unmarried mothers
women having children later
having fewer children
remaining childless- predicted 1/4 of women born in 1973 with be childless at age 45

Question 13

ethnic differences

black families

Answer 13

higher proportion of lone parent households- nearly always the mother
can sometimes be related to family disorganisation - traced back to slavery

Question 14

ethnic differences

Asian families

Answer 14

Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian households tend to be larger than others.
some households contain 3 generations but most in fact nuclear rather then extended.

Question 15

key study

Rhona and Robert Rapoport

Answer 15

identify 5 types of fam diversity.
cultural
life course
organisational
cohort
class

Question 16

key study

Eversley

Answer 16

local influences can have an impact 
south or sun belt
older industrial areas
inner cities
rural areas

Question 17

key study:

chester

Answer 17

rise of neo conventional

nuclear family has become more modern