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Family types - Coggle Diagram
Family types
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Extended families
Willmott and Young (AO2)
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Willmott and Young argue that it does still exist, but as a 'dispersed extended family', as relatives maintain frequent contact
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Evaluation (AO3)
The classic extended family, according to Parsons, is not the same as extended families today
It is a modified extended family, no longer based on obligations focused on providing education, food and caring for its members
Now, following geographical mobility and structural differentiation, extended families are more about support - financial, domestic, and childcare
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Statistics
The most common types of single family households included those with a married or civil partnership couple with dependent children
The percentage who were never married and have never been in a civil partnership has increased, from 34.6% in 2011 to 37.9% in 2021
In 2021, 63% of households were single family households, 30.2% were one person households, and 6.8% were multiple family or other household times
In 2021, 60.4% of all same-sex families with children were cohabiting couples, a large decrease from 87.0%
Definitions
Most sociologists define family as a couple in a relationship based on marriage, civil partnership or cohabitation, with or without dependent children, or a lone parent with children
Family - a group of people who are related by kinship ties - relations of blood, marriage / civil partnership or adoption
Household - one personal or a group of people living in the same house, sharing at least one meal a day, and facilities, like a living room
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