Families differ in their cultural values and beliefs
Organisational diversity
Families vary in their structures, the ways they organise their domestic division of labour and their social networks
Social Class Diversity
a family's social class position affects the resources available members, role relationships between partners/child-rearing practices.
Life course diversity
the stage in the family life cycle that a particular family has reached e.g. empty nest
Cohert diversity
the particular period of time in which a family passes through different stages of the family life-cycle. Social stigma, so younger couples may find it easier to get divorced today
