Family Diversity Flashcards
Definition of a family?
A group of people related through blood, legal or marital ties
Definition of a household?
A person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related
What is an extended family?
Family of 3 generations who cohabit
What is a bean-pole family?
Where there is a close relationship with grandparents. Seeing them every week or day
What is a single parent family?
One parent with dependent children
What is a reconstituted family or blended family?
Adult couple living with at least one child from previous relationships of the partner
What is a same sex family?
Family containing two adults of the same sex
What is a single person household?
Person living alone (Singleton)
What is a nuclear family?
Two generations
- parents and children
Who argued that the family was ‘universal’?
Murdock
What is meant by a ‘cereal packet family’?
The ideal, stereotypical family, used by the media
Who identified the cereal packet family? And when?
- leach
- 1967
Characteristics of the cereal packet family?
- white
- traditional gender roles
- nuclear family, 2 parents, 2 children
- heterosexual
- happy, no problems/issues
Who identified 5 different ways in which we can think about family diversity?
Rappoport
What are the 5 ways we think about family diversity?
- cultural diversity
- social class diversity
- life stage diversity
- generational diversity
- organisational diversity
Give one factor identified with Asian families showing cultural diversity.
Extended families
What are the criticisms of the differences in Asian families?
Cultural variation
What are the trends for African-Caribbean families?
Singles parent families- led by female
Matrifocal families
Who argues that the higher rate of lone-parent families among blacks is not the result of disorganisation?
Heidi Mirza
Who indicates that African Caribbean’s are more likely than other ethnic group to intermarry with members of another ethnic group, especially white people?
Lucinda platt
Why are African Caribbean’s more likely to inter-marry?
- less cultural pressure
- more accepting
- less of them/less choice
Fill the missing words:
Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian household tend to be ______ than those of other ethnic groups.
Larger
Who found that extended family ties provided an important source of support among Asian migrants during the 1950s and 1960s?
Roger Ballard
Fill the missing words:
A significant majority of _____ people (as well as _________ ___) still practice arranged marriages.
- Asian
- Orthodox Jews
Fill the missing words:
An arranged marriage usually involves _______ _________ about a proposed match.
Mutual discussion
Ways people can become lone parent families?
- death
- break up of cohabitation
- divorce - legal end of marriage
- one night stand - never in relationship to start with
Why are single parent families normally headed by women?
- 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
What are some positives of lone parent families?
- 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
What are some negatives of lone parent families?
- 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