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What is family diversity

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The differences between types of family

2
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What do the Rapoports think about family diversity

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It is central to modern family life

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What did the Rapoports identify as the 5 types of family diversity

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  1. Organisational diversity - families can be organised differently - e.g. joint conjugal roles or segregated conjugal roles.
  2. Cultural diversity - e.g. more single parents in the Afro-Carribean community.
  3. Social class diversity - e.g. differences in family structure and child-rearing.
  4. Life-stage diversity - family structures differ according to the stage reached in the life cycle e.g. newlyweds, couples with children, widows etc.
  5. Generational diversity
4
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What do post-modernists think about family diversity

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. In a post modern society there is much more diversity and choice. People can pick and mix the family type(s) that suit them.

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Why have single-parent families increased

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  • Tripled between 1972 and 2006.
  • Allan & Crow (2001) -
  • Increase in divorce
  • significant rise in the number of never married women.
  • Death
  • CHOICE IS A KEY FACTOR IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.
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Why has family size decreased (1961-2001)

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  • Women’s employment - more women are prioritising their careers over having children.
  • Cost of childcare - nearly a quarter of household income (Williams 2006)
  • Lifestyle choice - spending money on other things besides children - consumer society.
  • Increase in YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS.
    • 58% of men & 39% of women aged 20-24 lived with their parents (2006)
    • 8% increase from 1991.
    • Increase in housing costs
    • Cost of higher education
    • Lack of social housing.