Shame about Single Mums
An excellent documentary about the history of single mums in the UK featuring Jamelia
Families and Households, Family diversity
Family diversity
Families and Households, Family diversity
Statistics on Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships
This post explores the similarities and differences in marriage and civil partnership between same sex and opposite sex couples in
Families and Households, Family diversity
Research on Same Sex Parenting
One obvious difference between same-sex and opposite sex couples when it comes to children is that same-sex couples don’t have
Family diversity, Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Family diversity by Social Class
the middle classes are more likely to get married and have babies later, and fewer of them.
Families and Households, Family diversity
The Sex Map of Britain
The Sex Map of Britain is a very interesting recent documentary series which ‘meets people for whom sex, sexuality and
Families and Households, Family diversity
Conceptualizing Family Diversity
A summary of the Rapoport’s five types of family diversity and ‘extreme’ diversity theorists Alan Crow and Beck-Gernsheim.
A-levels, Families and Households, Family diversity, Revision
How have families and households become more diverse?
Brief revision notes on family diversity for A-level sociology students studying families and households.
Families and Households, Family diversity
What is the Family?
Functionalist sociologists tended to define the family as consisting of two parents in a committed relationship living together with their children. Postmodern and other sociologists have much broader definitions.
Family diversity, research methods, Statistics
Families and Households in the UK – Social Trends
married family households are decreasing, cohabiting family, lone parent family and single parent family households are all increasing.
Family diversity
Sociological Perspectives on Single Person Households
people increasingly choose to live alone because of increased wealth, urbanisation, improved communications and living longer