asian families

• what are asian families more likely to be than other ethnicities 


  larger in size
• why are these families typically larger?

  -more people from these groups are of childbearing age
• Ballard


  -larger families are important support for people migrating into new countries

  -in early migration period, houses were often shared by extended families

  -nowadays asians often live nearby, not in same house

  -kinship networks continue to be source of support

  -Sikhs, Muslims & Hindus more likely than any other ethnic/religious groups to live in extended families