Family Diversity

Question 1

Definition of a family?

Answer 1

A group of people related through blood, legal or marital ties

Question 2

Definition of a household?

Answer 2

A person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related

Question 3

What is an extended family?

Answer 3

Family of 3 generations who cohabit

Question 4

What is a bean-pole family?

Answer 4

Where there is a close relationship with grandparents. Seeing them every week or day

Question 5

What is a single parent family?

Answer 5

One parent with dependent children

Question 6

What is a reconstituted family or blended family?

Answer 6

Adult couple living with at least one child from previous relationships of the partner

Question 7

What is a same sex family?

Answer 7

Family containing two adults of the same sex

Question 8

What is a single person household?

Answer 8

Person living alone (Singleton)

Question 9

What is a nuclear family?

Answer 9

Two generations

- parents and children

Question 10

Who argued that the family was ‘universal’?

Answer 10

Murdock

Question 11

What is meant by a ‘cereal packet family’?

Answer 11

The ideal, stereotypical family, used by the media

Question 12

Who identified the cereal packet family? And when?

Answer 12

• leach

- 1967

Question 13

Characteristics of the cereal packet family?

Answer 13

• white
• traditional gender roles
• nuclear family, 2 parents, 2 children
• heterosexual
• happy, no problems/issues

Question 14

Who identified 5 different ways in which we can think about family diversity?

Answer 14

Rappoport

Question 15

What are the 5 ways we think about family diversity?

Answer 15

• cultural diversity
• social class diversity
• life stage diversity
• generational diversity
• organisational diversity

Question 16

Give one factor identified with Asian families showing cultural diversity.

Answer 16

Extended families

Question 17

What are the criticisms of the differences in Asian families?

Answer 17

Cultural variation

Question 18

What are the trends for African-Caribbean families?

Answer 18

Singles parent families- led by female

Matrifocal families

Question 19

Who argues that the higher rate of lone-parent families among blacks is not the result of disorganisation?

Answer 19

Heidi Mirza

Question 20

Who indicates that African Caribbean’s are more likely than other ethnic group to intermarry with members of another ethnic group, especially white people?

Answer 20

Lucinda platt

Question 21

Why are African Caribbean’s more likely to inter-marry?

Answer 21

• less cultural pressure
• more accepting
• less of them/less choice

Question 22

Fill the missing words:

Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian household tend to be ______ than those of other ethnic groups.

Answer 22

Larger

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Roger Ballard

Question 24

Fill the missing words:

A significant majority of _____ people (as well as _________ ___) still practice arranged marriages.

Answer 24

• Asian

- Orthodox Jews

Question 25

Fill the missing words:

An arranged marriage usually involves _______ _________ about a proposed match.

Answer 25

Mutual discussion

Question 26

Ways people can become lone parent families?

Answer 26

• death
• break up of cohabitation
• divorce - legal end of marriage
• one night stand - never in relationship to start with

Question 27

Why are single parent families normally headed by women?

Answer 27

• a mother is more likely to be given custody over the child/children
• stereotypically, the father is more likely to focus on his career more
• men don’t want their masculinity threatened

Question 28

What are some positives of lone parent families?

Answer 28

• don’t have to share everything with partner
• may have a strong bond with the children
• nicer to be with one happy parent than two unhappy ones

Question 29

What are some negatives of lone parent families?

Answer 29

• a lot of responsibility and pressure for one person
• parent may be over protective
• kids from lone parent families are more likely to go to prison
• feel ashamed to not be part I a nuclear family