Families and Households: Topic 1 Flashcards
Changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures
Nuclear family
Two generations: parents and children living in the same household
Extended family
All kin (relations of blood, marriage, civil partnership or adoption) included and beyond the nuclear family
Classic extended family
An extended family sharing the same household or living near each other
Modified extended family
An extended family apart but keeping in touch by phone, letters, email, social media and frequent visits
Beanpole family
- A multi-generation extended family which is long and thin, with few aunts, uncles and cousins
- Reflects fewer children being born in each generation, but people living longer
Patriarchal family
Authority held by males
Matriarchal family
Authority held by females
Symmetrical family
Authority and household tasks shared between male and female partners
Reconstituted family
One or both parents previously married, with children from previous relationships
Lone parent family
Lone parent with dependent children, most commonly after divorce or separation, but may arise from a death of a partner or an unwillingness to marry or cohabit
Gay/lesbian family
Same sex couple living together with children
Single person household
An individual living alone
What is a household?
- A person living alone or a group of people living together
- May or may not be related
What is a family?
- A monogamous marriage between a man and woman with dependent children
- Any set of arrangements that those involved see as a family, is classed as a family
Rapoport’s 5 types of family diversity (CLOGS)
- Cultural diversity
- Life-stage diversity
- Organisational diversity
- Generational diversity
- Social class diversity
