ALL FAMILY DIVERSITY

robert chester

• neo conventional family

• earner family where both spouses work

• become the new norm

• nuclear still most aspired to structure

allan and crow

• lone parent family often not permanent

• average lifespan of LPF 5 years

• non permanent alternative

asian families

• most are based on nuclear families, 20% extended

• low divorce + cohabitation rates

ken price

• african carribean families

• lone parent families 48%

• headed by women

• low marriage rates

multicultural families

recent increase in the number of partnerships between people of different ethnic groups

giddens

• romantic love

• relationships exist solely to satisfy each others needs

• individuals unwilling to stay with partner if fails to deliver fulfillment

charles murray: rise in family diversity

• since 1970s, 3rd experience diversity continual generations who view dependency on welfare + lone parent as the norm

new right family preference

• 2 opposite sex role models

• mother → nurturing

• father → discipline

underclass norms

• lone parent family

• long term unemployment

• crime

organisational diversity

• different ways family roles are organised

• conjugal roles, one wage earner

cultural diversity

• different cultural, religious and ethnic groups have different family structures

social class diversity

differences in family structure are partly the result of income differences

life stage diversity

family structures differ according to the stage reached in the life cycle

generational diversity

older and younger generations have different attitudes and experience that reflect the historical periods in which they have lived