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Dimensions of Family Diversity - Coggle Diagram
Dimensions of Family Diversity
Social Class
People
Key terms
Joint conjugal roles
Segregated conjugal roles
Stratified diffusion
O'Neil, Willmott, Young & Lareau argued that families were becoming more symmetrical. In a symmetrical family, husbands and wives have more similar roles: both may work, share housework, make joint decisions and spend leisure time together.
Culture & Ethnicity
Key Concepts
Traditional or “old-fashioned” values
Modern individualism
Ethnic diversity in family formation
Berthoud
Berthoud compared family patterns among White British and ethnic-minority groups in Britain. He found differences in rates of marriage, lone parenthood, women’s employment and household size.
Life Cycle
Rapoport
Key concepts
Life-course diversity
Family transition
Reconstituted family
Serial monogamy
The Rapoports identified life-course diversity as one of their five types of family diversity. They argued that families differ because people move through different stages and do not all follow the same route through relationships and parenthood.