Title: Changes in structure size and composition of households Consider birth rate, has it gone up or down?what effect would this have on the size of the family? How has change the nature of the family? Research reasons for changes in the Uk birth rate. The Uk has an ageing population research reasons for this. Impact on household, who in household will take care of the elderly relatives and include cultural differences in the Uk. Change patterns of marriage and divorce, what new family types are created. Consider that some may remarry or not. Implications for the family. Data needs to be collected. Office for national statistics. Data can be qualitative extracts from personal accounts or case studies. Impact of immigration on household size, effect on birth rate, extended families, reasons for them, are they on the rise? Two theoretical perspectives must be included and which theory would regard the changes as a positive thing for society and which would regard it as negatively for society Choose from Marxism, functionalism and feminism
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