What are the links between families, Household, Ethnicity and

Social class?

By Hollie, Jamie, Eve

Questions?

1. What are the current trends in family life in the different cultural groups in the UK?

2. How might your social class affect your family life?

3. How might your family life be affected by your gender?4. What opinions do the perspective have on this issue ie.

Functionalists, Marxists, Feminists and new right?

What are the current trends in family life in the different cultural groups in the UK?

(Ethnicity and household composition).Household composition.

Black Indian Pakistan/ Bangladeshi

Other ethnic minorities

white

One person 27 10 7 22 272 or more related 6 3 3 7 3One family:

Couple:-No children- dependant children- non-dependant children only,

Lone Parent:

- Dependant children

- non-dependant children only

13

20

20

6

21

6

14

40

40

8

4

3

7

60

60

4

7

2

16

37

37

5

8

3

28

24

24

9

5

42 or more family 1 9 9 2 1

All households (000s) 328 226 132 185 21,027

How might your social class affect your family life?

• Class

• Age

• Gender

• Ethnicity

How might your family life be affected by your gender?

• The connection between ethnicity and gender is that in certain ethnic groups eg. Asian cultures, females may be under more pressure to carry out the domestic role than males.

• Triple shift – emotional work, Housework and Job outside the house.

What opinions do the perspective have on this issue ie. Functionalists, Marxists, Feminists and new right?

• Functionalists believe that everyone is equal and everyone should run an equal life even if your part of a different ethnic group whereas Marxists believe that not everyone has the same opportunities so if you come from a poor background you wont have the same opportunities and someone who has come from a wealthier background. Feminists argue the point that they feel females should have an equal life to a male and shouldn’t be discriminated just for being female, where as on the other hand New Rights are a modern version of Functionalists, they don’t mind diversity aslong as it doesn’t cost them money.

• Being a single parent family or coming from a poor background may influence less opportunities in life.