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Family Types - Consolidation (Nuclear family (Decreased because.... fewer…
Family Types - Consolidation
Nuclear family
Decreased because.... fewer marriages, secularisation, feminism, women's attitudes etc.
' Two married parents (male & female) with their children (usually 2).'
Extended family
Decreased because.... geographic mobility, social mobility, wealth, meritocracy, strengthening bond partners, immigration etc.
'A family which extends beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents and other relatives.
Lone parent family
Increased because.... secularisation, law, feminism, divorce, socially acceptable etc.
'A mother or father living without a partner, with their dependent children.'
Same sex family
Increased because.... socially acceptable, law - Marriage & Civil Partnership Act 2014.
'Homosexual couple living together with children.'
Reconstituted family
Increased because.... divorce, ethnic diversity, secularisation, less stigma etc.
'One or both parents have children from a previous relationship but have combined to form a new family.
Lone person family
Increased because.... feminism, secularisation, women's attitudes (wanting careers not children), widows etc.
'One person, living alone.'
Household (definition) - 'Person living alone or a group of people living together, may or may not be related.'
Family (connotations) - relationships, blood, relatives or non relatives, relations etc.