ETHNIC MINORITY FAMILIES

What has occured in Britain since the 1950s?

immigration which has resulted in greater ethnic diversity which has contributed to changes in family patterns

What does Alice Shaw say about migration patterns?

the patterns continue to change as they change with British culture as a whole

Wht does Beth Berthoud say about family patterens?

british culture is becoming increasingly more individualistic and is having an imapct on patterns of families among different ethnic groups

What are British South Asian families generally like?

traditional, higher marriage and fertility rates, low rates of cohabitation and divorce, low rates of intermarriage, and more extended families

What does Bhatti’s 1999 study on british asian families find?

a higher value was placed on Izzat (family honour) especially in relation to daughters/girls

What are white british families generally like?

lower marriage and fertility rates, high rates of divorce and cohabitation, often nuclear, with very few arranged marriages

What are black british caribbean families typically like?

low fertility rates, low marriage rates, often amtrilocal with high rates of lone parenthood and intermarriage with white british partners

What changes are occuring in british asian families?

moving towards indiviualism (along with all other types of families but caribbean families are progressing at a faster rate)

What does Bhatti notice about changes in british asian families?

signs of changing attitude amongst the young which is causing conflict with elders, notably with sons marrying out of ethnich groups.

What has happene to the proportion of lone parent Pakistani families?

increased from 10 percent to 17 percent

What did Dureshi say about first generation migrants?

often strongly opposed to divorce but there is now a growing acceptance of divorce due to an increase in cultural conflicts

What did Berthaud note about black british families?

very low range of marriage among the higher rates of divorce and seperation, perhaps due to Caibbean beliefs of women being the primary caregivers, with men often not living with the family and the women instead relying on female kin

What does Reynalds argue about Caribbean lone parent families?

they are misleading statistics as many supposedly lone parents have a stable LAT partner

What does Mirza say about the changes in black british families?

higher rates of lone parenthood reflects the value that balck women place on independence

What does Berthoud say about blck british families?

they are leading the way to individualism and personal choice

How do ethnicities differ?

through class, gender, regional differences and generation

What did Charles find out about extended families?

swansea, found that classic regeneration families were all but extinct, the only exception wass in the bangladeshi community

What does Wilmot say about the extended family?

it cintinues to exist through seperate households linked by phones

What does Chamberlain say about the extended family?

caribbean families may be dispersed geographically but are still close, descrped as multiple closely connected nuclear families

What does Bell say about extended families?

both classes had emotional bonds with kin but middle class often between father and son and working class between mother daughter

What did Charles find out about the extended family?

same high level of contact between mothers and daughters, but the amount of contact between siblings has decreased

What do Finch and Mason say about obligations to relatives?

pver 90 percent of people have given finacial help to wider kin, but women are more expected to provide support than men

What did Cheal find out about obligations to relatives?

in household tasks, the greatest obligation is by the spouse, the second is the daughter

What is the difference between family support for men and women?

sons supposed to care financially and daughters emotionally

What did Mason say about the obligations to relatives?

much depends on the history of the relationship, particular obligations can thus be avoided

What did Finch and Msaon say about principal repricocity?

in families, balance is the most important, people feel they should recieve what they should get to avoid feelings on indebtedness.