FAMILY & HOUSEHOLDS

Question 1

What is a HOUSEHOLD?

Answer 1

One person living alone or a group of people who share the same address & living arrangements

Question 2

What are the main FUNCTIONS of a family?

Answer 2

• Cultural identity
• Socialise children
• Reproduction of children
• Housing
• Access to services
• Financial resources
• Care, security & protection
• Emotional needs for love
• Values beliefs and attitudes

Question 3

What is a NUCLEAR family?

Answer 3

2 generations living together - parents & children - they must choose to & make an effort to have contact with other family members

Question 4

What is an EXTENDED family?

Answer 4

3 generations living together in the same household = daily contact with them

Question 5

What is a RECONSTITUTED family?

Answer 5

1 or both parents have been previously married & have children from that relationship = step parent for each child

Question 6

What is a LONE PARENT family?

Answer 6

1 single male/female parent & dependant children

Question 7

What is a GAY & LESBIAN household?

Answer 7

Same sex couple living as a family with children

Question 8

What is a SINGLE person household?

Answer 8

A person living on their own

Question 9

What are the main changes in FAMILY GROUP COMPOSITION?

Answer 9

• Changing nature of extended family
• Changing roles within the family
• Smaller family sizes
• Increase in childless women
• Increase in older mothers
• Changing divorce rate
• More step families
• More cohabit ion
• More births outside marriage
• Increase in line parent families
• Civil partnerships
• More non-dependant children living with parents
• More one person households

Question 10

What is a FAMILY?

Answer 10

A social unit connected by blood, marriage or adoption