rapoports 5 FD types

• what do they argue?

  diversity of family types is a key component in today's pluralistic society

  -see diversity as a positive response to people's different needs & wishes
• how has family diversity come about?


  -due to diversity in culture & lifestyle

  -it's reflective of our greater freedom of choice & tolerance of diversity in cultures
• 5 types of family diversity

  1. organisational
  2. cultural
  3. social class
  4. life stage
  5. generational
• organisational diversity

  -differences in the ways family roles are organised

  > some couples have joint conjugal roles and two wage earners

  > some have one wage earner
• cultural diversity

  -different cultural, religious & ethnic groups have different family structures

  > higher proportion of female headed lone parents among African-Caribbean households

  > higher proportion of extended families among Asian households
• social class diversity

  -differences in family structure are partly result of income differences

  > class differences in child-rearing practices
• life stage diversity

  -family structures differ according to the stage reached in the life cycle

  > young newlyweds, couples with dependent children, retired couples with moved out children, widows
• generational family diversity

  -older & younger generations have different attitudes & experiences reflecting the historical period they lived

  > different views about morality of divorce / cohabitation