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6. Explain what is meant by the isolated nuclear family (Allan, page 68)
Husband, wife and children living separately from the extended family
9. Explain what is meant by the term structurally isolated nuclear family (Jan
2001)
Mother, father and children, living in isolation from the extended family structures
12. Explain what is meant by the term patriarchal family (May 2002)
13. Suggest two reasons for the trend towards smaller families (Allan, page 23)
14. Suggest two reasons why the number of lone parent families has risen in the
last twenty-five years (Allan , page 31)
27. Identify three reasons for the increase in one-person households (Allan page
23)
28. Identify three inequalities that may exist between men and women in families
(Allan page 31)
29. Identify three reasons for the growing participation of women in the labour
market in the last 50 years (Allan page 40)
30. Suggest three ways in which womens domestic roles have changed over the
last 50 years (Allan page 52)
31. Identify three ways in which social historians have shown that family life in
the past should not be thought of as a golden age (Allan page 59)
32. Suggest three ways in which the quality of family life has improved over the
last fifty years (Allan page 67)
33. Suggest three reasons why childrens position in the family has changed
(Webb, page 8)
34. Suggest three government economic or social policies which might influence
the structure of the family or the roles and relationships of its members (Webb,
page 15)
35. Identify four functions of the family (June 2001)
36. Suggest three reasons why birth rates have fallen since the 19th century (Jan
2001)
37. Identify three ways in which the perception of childrens roles within the
family has changed in the last fifty years
38. Suggest three reasons for increasing divorce rates
39. Suggest three reasons why lone parent families are usually headed by females
(Jan 2002)
Question E
57. Examine the claim made by some feminist sociologists that marriage and
family life can be disadvantageous to women (Allan page 24)
58. Outline the arguments and evidence for the view that the rise in the divorce
rate does not necessarily mean that people are disenchanted with the
institution of marriage (Allan page 31)
Question F
71. Assess the view that the media and some politicians present and ideological
view of the family (Allan page 24)
72. Assess the contribution made by feminist sociologists to the study of the
family (Allan page 31)
73. Asses the claim that industrialisation led to the break up of the extended
family (Allan page 41)
74. Assess the view that the extended family no longer plays a significant role in
family life in modern Britain (Allan page 52)
75. Assess the view that the family in modern society has been stripped of so
many of its functions that it can no longer be seen as a significant social
institution (Allan page 59)
76. Assess the view that the distinctiveness of childhood has been undermined
(Allan page 68)
77. Assess sociological explanations of changes in the rates of marriage and
divorce (Webb page 11)
78. Assess sociological contributions to an understanding of the diversity of
family forms found in society today (Webb page 15)
79. Asses the view that industrialisation led to the nuclear family replacing the
extended family as the main form of household structure (Jan 2001)
80. Assess the claim that there is a causal relationship between changing family
structures and a decline in moral standards (ZZ)
81. Assess the view that the extended family network is no longer an important
feature of British family life (ZZ)