FAMILY TYPES + HOUSEHOLDS

Question 1

HOUSEHOLDS

Answer 1

one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address, can consist of a single, more than one, or no families.

Question 2

FAMILIES

Answer 2

married, civil partnered, or cohabiting couple with or without children, or a lone parent with at least one child who lives at the same address.

Question 3

NUCLEAR FAMILY
- traditional family

Answer 3

• two generations (parents + children)
• always 2 parents when traditional

Question 4

LONE PARENT
- single parent

Answer 4

• 14.7% of all UK families
• usually headed by a lone female
• consequence of divorce, death of spouse, having illegitimate children etc

Question 5

EXTENDED FAMILY

Answer 5

• 3 or more generations
• traditionally geographically static
  
  • live within 1 mile of kin
  • close knit , dependant
• attenuated extended family : moved away but maintain regular contact

Question 6

BEANPOLE FAMILY

Answer 6

• multigenerational
• few aunts, uncles and grandparents
• long and thin

Question 7

RECONSTITUATED FAMILY
- blended family

Answer 7

• result of divorce forming new relationships with new families (i.e step - families)
• also a nuclear family - ROBERT CHESTER included these family types in his ‘neo-conventional’ families

Question 8

LIVING APART FAMILIES

Answer 8

• nuclear families (parents still together)
• living apart - usually due to employment

Question 9

EMPTY NEST FAMILIES

Answer 9

• children have grown up and left family home may result in a ‘boomerang family’
  
  • children my return to
    family home i.e
    economic reasons

Question 10

SAME SEX PARENTS FAMILY

Answer 10

• same sex & LGBTQ+ adopters have had the legal right to adopt since 2005
• number of children adopted by same sex parents is growing

Question 11

PATRIARCHAL FAMILY

Answer 11

• dominated by father
• main decision maker and bread winner
• characteristics of traditional society

Question 12

MATRIFOCAL FAMILY

Answer 12

• mother is the focus of the family
• common with ethnic minority communities + other societies

Question 13

EMPTY SHELL FAMILY

Answer 13

• relationship that stays together for the children or economic reasons
• emotional ties between adults are gone
• less common than in the past

Question 14

SYMMETRICAL FAMILY

Answer 14

• conjugal roles are shared
• instrumental; earning/providing/decisions
• expressive; caring/domestic tasks

Question 15

CHILD-CENTRED FAMILY

Answer 15

• people have fewer children and often later in life
• families have become more focused around kids