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Families & Households
Economic Change
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What significant social change occurred since the 1950s?
Considerable
social change
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What method did Nickie Charles use to identify social changes?
Household surveys
and
participant observation
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What was one key social change identified by Charles since the 1960s?
Greater use of
technology
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What was another key social change identified by Charles?
Women
entering the workplace
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What does greater equality of opportunity refer to?
Equal treatment for
social classes
and groups
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What conclusion did Charles reach about changes to the family since the 1960s?
Changes
to
the
family
were
quite
minor
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Who was found to be more geographically mobile, men or women?
Men
were
more
geographically
mobile
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How does geographical mobility differ among social classes?
Higher classes
are more geographically mobile
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What is a characteristic of minority-ethnic individuals regarding family bonds?
They have strong bonds with
extended family
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How are family bonds increasingly conducted across social groups?
At long distance via
social media
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What significant social change did Evans and Chandler identify since the mid 20th century?
Greater
disposable income
for families
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How has greater disposable income influenced family relations?
Parents
make decisions about products for children
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What is globalisation recognized as by postmodernists?
A fundamental feature of
contemporary
society
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How has globalisation impacted traditional male jobs?
They have been
exported
to
developing
countries
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What effect has globalisation had on gender roles?
It has impacted
traditional
gender roles
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What has immigration contributed to in many societies?
Greater family
diversity
and structure changes
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How has globalisation of popular culture affected childhood?
Children have easy
access
to information
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What term does Sue Palmer use to describe the changing nature of childhood?
Toxic childhood
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What is one consequence of children having easy access to information?
It may change the nature of
childhood
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