Social Developments: The Family Unit 2 Flashcards
What percentage of individuals interacted with their neighbours in 1948?
68%
What percentage of individuals interacted with their neighbours in 1984?
84%
What were neighbours more likely to do in the 1980s?
Look after other peoples’ children if necessary
How can it be seenthat there was more self-dependence in the family unit in terms of public perception of gender roles?
25% believed the role of the husband was to be the breadwinner in 1989, down from 43% in 1980
What was significant about the large view change over gender roles and financial responsibility in the 1980s?
It showed a lot of change over the family structure with self-dependence had occurred
What fraction of families received Income Support throughout the 1980s? Where were they mostly located?
2/3, mostly living in the poorest parts of Britain
What did leaked government papers say about the funding of single parents in 1983?
It was as if they were funding “immorality”
Were single mothers more likely to get council houses by the 1980s?
Yes
Why were so few single mothers able to get council housing before the 1977 Housing Act?
Before the 1977 Housing Act only allowed homeless people to have access to social housing
What happened to teenage pregnancies throughout the 1980s?
They fell
What was the case for teenage pregnancy numbers in Britain?
They were still higher than all of Western Europe
What was the aim of the 1991 Child Support Act?
To reduce single parenthood
How did the 1991 Child Support Act work?
If there was no success of naming the father of a child, it could lead to 40% benefit reductions
What had Thatcher done with the 1991 Child Support Housing Act while creating it?
She had done little research for this act
What happened to the Child Support Act in the House of Lords?
It was rejected
