How has increased choice in personal life affected family structures in the UK today?
This question recently came up on the June 2022 A-level sociology exam paper two, the families and household topic. It […]
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diversity
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
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
Religion, secularization, Sociology key terms
Religious Pluralism: Evidence of Secularization?
Durkheim’s view of religion implied that a truly religious society could only have one religion in that society. In Durkheim’s
Evaluate the view that the growth of family diversity has led to a decline in the nuclear family (20)
An example of a top band answer (17/20) to a possible question on the AQA’s 7192/2 topics in sociology paper (families option, section A)
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Evaluate the view that changing gender roles are the most significant factor in explaining the increase in family diversity (20)
Below is a suggested essay plan for a possible essay which may come up on the AQA’s A-level sociology paper
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.
Families and Households, migration
Analyse two ways in which migration has affected household structures (10)
How to get full marks for a 10 mark ‘item’ question in sociology A-level.
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.