Different Types of Family in the UK

Assignment
Table of Contents

Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Different types and categories of family in the UK and how common are they....................1
The differences regarding to the family present amongst ethnic groups along with possible
reasons of differences.............................................................................................................2
Comparison and contradiction about the functionalist perspective with Marxism with respect
to the family............................................................................................................................3
The sociological explanations for divorce rates in Britain and then analyse the impact family
breakdown has on families and children................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

Introduction
The current assignment is based on the evaluation about the different types of family present
in UK along with the differences with regards to family amongst ethnic groups. Further, a
comparison between functionalist perspective with Marxism is also made family together with
discussion about increasing divorce rate in Britain and its sociological reason and impact on
child.
Different types and categories of family in the UK and how common are they
The various forms and types if family which are commonly seen in UK are evaluated and
discussed as below:
Nuclear family- It is the most traditional type of family structure which mainly comprises
of two parents and children (Families and households in the UK: 2018, 2020). Thus, an analysis
can be that stated that nuclear family are associated with the ideal family to raise a children as it
meet the esteem and very balance of society and provided a stability from a two parent structure
of family.
Reconstituted family- A reconstituted type of family is mainly defined as a form of
remarriage which mainly includes mainly a child from the residing and forms a part of family of
the remarried partner and spouses. Remarriage is now become more common in UK that is
leading an increase in reconstituted family based on social invention for repairing marital
disruption.
Lone parent- This type of family structure mainly comprises of a single-parent families
which are having one or more children who belong and is under the age of 18 which is head and
raised by a parent who is either widowed or divorced and may not get remarried where children
are raised by single parent who has never married (Harpur and Haddon, 2020).
Extended family- This type of family structure mainly represents extended form of nuclear
family which is expanded and extended more than the normal nuclear family which is
comprising of parents in a form of a father, mother along with their children along with the
reacted aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins where are used to live in the same household.
It has been analysed that the number of cohabiting couple families in the UK continues is
taken to grow faster as compared with married couple as well as with lone parent families, with
an increase of 25.8% over the decade 2008 to 2018. Further, it has been also analysed that the
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