extended family

• Charles


  found the extended family to be "all but extinct"
• Willmott

  argues that it continues to exist as a dispersed extended family

  -not living in the same household / area

  -but still keeping close ties
• extended family


  -3 or more generations living under one roof
• The Beanpole family - Brannen


  the family extended vertically but not horizontally
• Charles - TBF


  -found same level of contact between mothers & adult daughters that BELL found in the 1960s

  -but a sharp decline in contact between siblings
• beanpole family result of demographic changes

  -increased life expectancy

  > grandparents need caring for in old age

  -smaller family sizes

  > can all fit in one house