Parents and children

Question 1

Nearly half (47%)

Answer 1

Of all children are born outside of marriage
Over x2 as many as in 1986

Question 2

Lone parent families

Answer 2

Make up 22% of all families

Question 3

Cashmore

Answer 3

Found that some working-class mothers with less earning power chose to live on welfare benefits without a partner, often because they had experience abuse

Question 4

New Right Thinker Murray

Answer 4

Growth of Lone parent families is result of generous welfare state providing benefits for unmarried mothers and their children
Created ‘Perverse incentive’
Rewards irresponsible behaviour
Creates a dependency culture
Solution = abolish welfare benefits

Question 5

Critics of new right

Answer 5

Welfare benefits are far from generous
Lone parent families more likely to be in poverty
Inadequate welfare benefits
Most lone parents are Mothers = earn less
Failure of fathers to pay maintenance

Question 6

Ferri + Smith

Answer 6

Step families are very similar to first families on all major respects and involvement of stepparents in childcare and childrearing is a positive one

Question 7

Allan+Crow

Answer 7

Stepfamilies may face particular problems of divided loyalties and issues such as contact with the non-resident parent can cause tensions