-Parsons claimed that in pre-industrial Britain=extended family and after industrialisation=nuclear. Anderson collected samples from households from Lancashire in 1841 - 1861. He compared industrialised life to the town of Preston and rural life in villages around Preston. He compared quantitative data to the qualitative data from diaries, letters and documents. The information suggests that after industrialisation, families remained extended even though families were geographically mobile. People moving to the towns kept close to other family members for emotional and economic support.
