Reasons for increase in family diversity Flashcards
Why’s cohabitation increasing (4 reasons)
- changes in social attitudes- decline in stigma of premarital sex
- secularisation
- gender equality- have more equal relationship
- more career opportunities for women- dont rely on husband for financial support
Why’s households increasing (3 reasons)
- higher education- students want to save money
- families of choice- want to stay with friends
- raised costs of living
Why’s same sex families increasing (3 reasons)
- medical advances- IVF
- changes in law- age of consents same as heterosexuals etc
- changes in social attitudes- more accepting
Why’s single hood increasing? (3 reasons)
- more education & career opportunities- priority of jobs over relationships
- marry at later age
- Increase in divorce
Why are bean pole family increasing? (3 reasons)
- increased life expectancy- more health care
- ageing population
- child centredness- people want less kids so they can lavish them with care etc
Why are LATS increasing? (3 reasons)
- changes in social attitudes- more acceptable
- modern technology- long distance relationships
- changes in employment- person may have to move for work
Why are reconstituted families increasing? (3 reasons)
- secularisation- some churches allow remarriage now
- Increase in divorce and then remarriage
- Influence of media- they promote ‘true love’ so after divorce people have more hope.
Why are lone parent families increasing? (6 reasons)
- increased divorce rates
- secularisation- baby out of marriage isn’t sinful
- changing social attitudes
- improved reproductive technology- IVF
- greater economic independence of women- more job chances & welfare state supports them
- changing male attitudes- med don’t feel obliged to marry in case of unintentional conception
why are classic extended families decreasing? (2 reasons)
- needs of economy- easier to move nuclear families for jobs
- housings too small- too expensive for few income earners to support lots of people
why are nuclear families still the most common (3 reasons)
- increased social mobility- weakens bonds as they develop different tastes etc from family
- needs of economy- needs family to be mobile
- welfare state
why are empty nest families decreasing
- increase in adult kids / clipped wing or boomerang generation
- Increase of Kippers (people who move with parents as its cheaper)
EVALUATION
trends in family structures don’t apply to everyone as a person’s class and ethnicity affect the type of family they live in
EVALUATION- the influence of ethnicity- BLACK FAMILIES
Tend to live in lone parent families as during slavery couples were sold separately so if the husband was sold, his wife would be left behind having to take care of the kids independently.
Has created a culture among Afro-Caribbean women of self-reliance.
EVALUATION- the influence of ethnicity- ASIAN FAMILIES
today are mostly nuclear families/ modified extended families. But, 30 yrs ago they were extended ones.
linked to migration patterns, where a man would have come to Britain on his own, then his wife & kids.
Once they settled down, they helped other relatives & families come to UK. They would have formed extended families in order to help each other out.
EVALUATION- influence of class- M/C
form isolated nuclear families due to pursuit of higher education & career so ppl move away from their extended kin, form relationships and settle down in areas geographically removed from their place of origin. This then makes them socially removed from their kin.
