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Families and households- Key figures Flashcards

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What is Alan and crows thoughts on the definition of the family?

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  • become more complicated by the changing patterns of divorce, re-marriage and co-habitation
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smart and Neale’s thoughts on family types in 1999

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  • lone parents are increasing
  • many view child-parent relationships as more satisfying than adult partnerships
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Janet fosters views on family types in 1990

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  • working class families in particular have a close extended or modified network
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hart views on divorce

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  • divorce can result from frustration that women are working and also doing the household chores
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Hetherington 2002 views on divorce

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  • negative effects of divorce have been exaggerated
  • we should accept that it is a reasonable solution to an unhappy relationship
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Sue Sharpe (1970-1990) on marriage rates

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  • the attitudes of women has changed from marriage/family to career/independence
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Morgan 2012- marriage rates

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  • many couples choose to cohabit due to fear of divorce
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Smart and Stephens- marriage rates

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  • females today do not consider many potential partners to be marriage worthy
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Jan Macvarish 2006- singlehood

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  • increase of accepting singleness as a lifestyle choice
  • solo-living is seen as an opportunity for self-fulfilment
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ghee 2001- fertility

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  • fertility rate of women under 30 has fallen
  • rate of women over 30 has risen since the 1970s
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Willmott and young 1973 conjugal relationships

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  • study showed that we are moving towards more symmetrical roles
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Allan and crow 2001

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-double burden

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dunne

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same sex relationships far more symmetrical- work out their own norms and values

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Charles et al 2008- relationships in the family

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study in Swansea found more grandparents look after grandchildren and adult parents and older grandchildren look after grandparents

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sue palmer 2006- relationships in the family

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  • parents have more money but less time- time famine
  • ‘electronic babysitters’- give children screens
  • Toxic childhood
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dobash and dobash 1992
dark side of family life

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  • police records in Scotland showed many wives had been raped and killed by their husbands
  • may be set off by a challenge o their authority
  • marriage gives them power as the women depends on the husband
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Durkheim- functionalist

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  • family is a vital agent of socialisation for social stability and value census
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player 2013- functionalism

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the male breadwinner idea provides men with power

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lawlor 2012- new right

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maternity leave should be scrapped because it encourages women to work when they should e looking after their child

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dennis and erdos- new right

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family diversity is bad for men as they are poorly socialised and grow up unaware of their responsibilities

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diane reay 2000- marxism

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the poor socialisation of children is due to a lack of confidence and knowledge rather than lack of concern

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Anne Oakley 1974- feminist

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  • women do the majority of the household tasks and the symmetrical family has not happened yet
  • new man- not occurred
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silvia 2009- post-modern

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the digital age has in some ways strengthened families by allowing close contact even at a distance

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crow 2002

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family diversity has always existed, people are just more open about it in todays society

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Bernards 1997

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contemporary families are much more diverse that there is no simple definition so uses the term ‘families’ or the family path.

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new right view on families

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nuclear family is the best in result of poor socialization, welfare, dependency and crime

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post modernist views on family

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families have become more diverse due to people choosing arrangements for themselves instead of following traditional norms and values

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functionalists view on the family

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nuclear families are vital for effective socialisation, value concensus and social stability

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marxist views on family

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  • the family are developed to suit capitalism
  • allows for wealth to be passed on and teaches children to accept inequality
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feminism views on the family

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  • family is patriarchal
  • family teaches girls to accept gender roles
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internationalists views on family

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people act as others expect them to

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ducome and masters

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triple shift

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Bernard’s definition of the family

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as contemporary families are so diverse, it is better to refer to them as ‘families’ which embraces all types

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levin 2004- family types

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acknowledges the idea of living apart together

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Essex university 2000- family types

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ethnic differences- only 39% of African- Caribbeans are in a formal marriage whilst Pakistani and Bangladesh are most likely to be in nuclear families

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modood- family types

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big diversity within ethnic minority families

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Thornes and collard- divorce

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women particularly value friendship and emotional support in marriage

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Rodgers and Pryor 1998

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children of divorce or separated parents are more likely to experience poverty, poor housing, behaviour and mental health problems, under achievements at school and go on to divorce themselves

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flouri and buchanan 2002

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problems of divorce were markedly reduced when fathers are involved with the children

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Wilkinson 1994- marriage rates

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female attitudes to marriage have undergone a ‘gender quake’

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allan and crow 2001- marriage rates

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marriage is more a relationship than an agreement in todays society

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drew 1989- marriage rates

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expectations of marriage have increased, particularly for women

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campbell 2000- marriage rates

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marriage benefits men more than women

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kleinburg 2012- singlehood

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attitudes have changed, lifestyle viewed as a sign of success rather than left on the shelf

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joseph Rowntree foundation

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  • by 2000 1 in 5 women were childless
  • voluntary, matter of choice and circumstance
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Dryden 1999-conjugal relationships

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studied 17 married couples and found that women still carry the main burden of housework and childcare, other studies showed this was true even if the man was unemployed

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Jonathon Gershuny 1992- conjugal roles

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developed the idea of lagged adaptation

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Stephen Edgell 1998- conjugal roles

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the most important decisions are made by men

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parent line plus- relationships in families

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boomerang generation

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hatter et al 2002

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men’s lack of participation in fatherhood is mainly due to long hours working rather than thinking they shouldn’t have to

51
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edmund leach 1968

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the nuclear family has too high expectations and should integrate with relatives, friends and neighbours

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GP Murdock- functionalists

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studied 250 societies and found that the nuclear family is the most common form of family and therefore the best

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Talcott parsons- functionalist

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identified the irreducible functions of the family, socialisation and the stabilisation of adult personalities

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Charles Murray- new right

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nuclear family is threatened by the welfare system as it encourages single parent families through benefits

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Melanie Phillips- new right

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children today are allowed access to rights and freedoms which are unrealistic- need more authoritative chid bearing

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catherine hakim 1995- new right

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women have always been in power in the home, not powerless or exploited

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engels- marxism

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warm bath theory

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fiona devine 1993- feminist

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‘At the end of the day, women are responsible for housework and child rearing and their husbands help them’

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ermisch- feminist

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women are held into employment as insurance against relationship breakdown

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gergen 1991- post-modernist

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the media causes us to no longer share our entertainment or spend time together

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Steve Taylor 1999- post-modernist

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‘Society now resembles a huge shopping mall where people chose not only what to wear but also what they believe in’

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