3.1 - how diverse are modern families

• 3.1 Klinenberg


  3 reasons for an increase of cohabitation

  cult of the individual - focus on own needs

  communications revolution

  ageing population - rise in life expectancy
• 3.1 Spencer (2005)


  children w/ lone parent have less chances

  poorer health

  lower educational achievement

  higher risk of antisocial behaviour
• 3.1 Murdock


  studied 250 societies and found all families corresponded to the nuclear family
• 3.1 Grant


  men are increasingly likely to be living with other mens children while their own grow up somewhere else

  (reconstituted family)
• 3.1 Levin


  living apart together

  don't need to live with someone to be part of their family/intimate with them