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• There is no single definition of 'family'
• Globalisation has caused several changes in society
• Immigration and increasing multiculturalism in many societies
• Globalisation of popular culture through the media
• Blair government in power


  1997-2010
• Same-sex marriage legalised


  2013
• Cohabitation is no longer seen as a precursor to marriage but as an alternative to it for many couples
• Child-bearing


  Having children
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• The social construction of childhood
• Experiences of childhood for different social groups
• Childhood today


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• This was detailed in a study by Marmot (2010)
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• Because of this unique link to poverty, there is also a link to inequality