topic 2 - family diversity - ETHNIC FAMILY PATTERNS

Question 1

Why is family disorganisation a reason that black families tend to be lone headed

Answer 1

traced back to SLAVERY, under slavery when members of couples were sold separately, children stayed with their mother, argued it established a pattern of family life that persists today, black women used to being independent, passed down through socialisation

Question 2

how has high rates of unemployment a reason for back families to be lone headed?

Answer 2

lone parenthood Been attributed to high rates of unemployment among black males. argued that male unemployment and poverty meant black men les able to provide for their family, resulting in higher rates of desertion or marital breakdown

Question 3

whats general a03 surrounding LPF in black families?
MIRZA

Answer 3

MIRZA - argues higher rate of lone parent families among blacks isn’t result of disorganisation, rather reflects high value that black women place on independence.

Question 4

Younger age profile of British asians a reason for families to be extended?

Answer 4

larger households sizes are partly result of younger age profile of bristles asian, a higher proportion are in childbearing age groups

Question 5

why is socialisation a reason for families to be extended?

Answer 5

larger asian households also to some extent reflect the values placed on extended family in asian cultures.

Question 6

whats the Ao3 supporting asian families BALLARD

Answer 6

found that extended family ties an important source of support among asian migrants during 50s and 60s
argued family originally strongly extended and patriarchal
larger housing could be found in inner city areas, moving to suburbia meant break - up of the extended family