Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The neo-conventional
family
- Derived by Chester
- Recognises increase
in family diversity
- Positive approach
- Doesn't see any
other major
changes
- Extent and
importance of family
diversity has been
exaggerated
- Sees nuclear
family as
dominant
- Dual-earner family
where both spouses
go to work
- Nuclear family
remains ideal for
most
- Other family
types usually
temporary
- Most live in a NF
at some point in
their lives
- Chester identifies
a number of
patterns
- Most people live in a
household headed by
a married couple
- Most adults still marry
and reproduce
- Divorce
has
increased
but so had
remarriage
- Cohabitation is
often a temporary
phase before
marriage
- Most births outside
marriage are jointly
registered - both
parents present in
life of child