Topic 2

Question 1

Living Apart Together Relationships (LATS)

Answer 1

Where people are in a long term committed relationship and define themselves as a couple but live in separate households

Question 2

Step families/ blended familes

Answer 2

A family where one or both partners have been previously married or cohabiting, and one brings with them children of a previous relationship

Question 3

Cultural diversity

Answer 3

refers to differences in family structures/lifestyles between ethnic and religious groups

Question 4

Social class diversity

Answer 4

refers to differences between classes

Question 5

Regional diversity

Answer 5

way family life differs in different geographical locations around the country

Question 6

Clipped wing generation

Answer 6

adult kids who live with their parents as they can’t afford to rent/home

Question 7

Kippers

Answer 7

kids in parents pockets - adult kids living with their parents by choice

Question 8

Life cycle

Answer 8

refers to the way families can change through life

Question 9

Life course

Answer 9

various significant events e.g marriage that individuals experience and the meanings they give to to these events