Family Trends- FAMILY SIZE Flashcards

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What are the trends and patterns in family size?

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DECREASED

-just under half of all families have only one child

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Provide two reasons as to why family size is decreasing.

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1= the change in women’s position

2=rise of individualism

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How has the change in women’s position effectively caused family size to decrease?

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Women are prioritising and focusing on their career. they either do not have children or wait until much later in life and as a result this had led to fewer children

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How has the rise of individualism effectively caused family size to decrease?

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Beck argues:
-we now live in a materialistic and consumer based society and this has affected our lifestyles
-many people want to spend their money on luxury goods, holidays, expensive homes etc opposed to children

Williams (2006) found that:
-cost of childcare was around 1/4 of an average family’s income
-average family spends £200,000 on a child from birth to 18- this has led to fewer children as people would want the money for themselves

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