Family Types Flashcards
Nuclear Family
Husband, wife and children.
Most common family type
Symmetrical Family
Wilmott and Young.
Joint conjugal roles for male and female.
Extended Family
Includes wider kin.
Has been in decline since the 1970s.
Modified Extended
Members still provide support even though they’re geographically distant.
Beanpole Family
Brannen.
Family tree is long and thing.
Stronger intergenerational ties, weaker intragenerational ties.
Lone Parent Family
Only 1 parent looking after children.
Represents 25% of all families.
Reconstituted Family
Family made up from previous relationships.
Includes step parents and children.
11% of all children live in this family type.
Living Alone
12% of people living in their own.
Individualism rising could be a factor.
Co-parenting
Children cared for by both parents separately for similar amount of time.
LAT
Living Apart Together
Cohabitation
Living together but not marrying.
Can be linked to decline in marriage and rise of secularisation.
