Family Diversity - Families and households

Question 1

Hareven (1978)

Answer 1

Life course analysis
Young Single to Older Unmarried

Question 2

Talcott Parson

Answer 2

Functional Fit theory - family that fits a society’s structure, and the functions it performs, change as societies change.

Question 3

Charles Murray

Answer 3

The New Right - welfare state created welfare dependency and that there were perverse incentives in the welfare system that could encourage lone parenthood and discourage work.

Question 4

Chester

Answer 4

Neo-Conventional Family - a dual-earner family in which both spouses go out to work.

Question 5

5 types of family diversity:

Answer 5

Organisational - Roles people perform.
Cultural - Beliefs and values.
Class - Availability of resources, quality of housing, leisure opportunities, etc.
Life Course - How family structure changes through life.
Cohort - What is the norm, in terms of family life, for one generation, is not for the next.