Families and households

• Family 


  A family is a group of people who are related by blood , marriage or adoption .
• household 


  group of people who live at the same address and share facilities . may not be related . eg university students
• reconstituted family 


  joining of two families after one or both partners separate from previous partners . eg step family
• lone parent family 


  a family in which there is just one parent bringing up one or more children
• same sex family

  a family made up of a same sex couple with children
• Types of families

  Reconstituted

  lone parent

  Same sex

  beanpole

  extended

  nuclear
• Beanpole family 


  Family made up many generations but with few extended members
• Extended family 


  Involves at least there generations living under the same roof
• nuclear family

  made up of two parents with their dependents child or children ( also know as a cereal packet family )
• divorce act 


  1969 - made it easier to get divorced
• equal pay act 


  1970 - women now earn as much as men
• same sex marriage act

  2014 - given right to marry
• reasons for family diversity 


  employment opportunities - women may choose carrer over marriage

  longer life expectancy - more likely to spend most time with the same person but may conclude in divorce

  decline in religion - cohabitation and divorce less likely to be seen as wrong . secularisation.

  immigration- increased more ethnicity and diversity