family diversity 1B

• Family diversity


  Refers to the differences between families in terms of structure/organisation
• Types of family diversity RAPOPORT + RAPOPORT 1982


  • Organisational diversity
  • Cultural diversity
  • Social class diversity
  • Life stage diversity
  • Generational diversity
• Organisational diversity


  • Gender role - the way in which a family organises themselves
  • Traditional male and female roles
• Cultural diversity


  • Differences in beliefs and values, different ethnic groups
• Social class diversity


  • Variation in availability of resources and quality of housing, impacts family life
• Life stage diversity


  • May be born in a nuclear family but may change to a one parent family
• Generational diversity


  • Norms change over time within a family such as the amount of children within a family
• Reconstituted families


  • Two divorced people with children marry each other
• Singlehood


  • Modern trend, increasing wealth and expectations
• African Caribbean families


  • African Caribbean women are avoiding to settle down with children fathers
• Asian families


  • Most families are nuclear
  • 3X Less likely to cohabitate
  • Forced marriages are popular
• single parent families 


  GINGERBREAD- more likely to be borrowing money or on benefits

  ONS JAN 2012- increase in lone parents families due to increase in divorce

  BROWN- gunshot weddings
• BERTHOUD 2003- african 


  women are influenced by the modern individualism, meaning they’d rather raise their children alone
• BOWLBY- asian 


  attachment theory