AQA A level Sociology Paper Two
Questions with Correct Answers
1. marriage stats - ANSWER OFNS- marriage has increased slightly
2. why has marriage decreased - ANSWER Cost
gender role change/more choice
awareness of risk
not as religious
3. Functionalism and Marriage - ANSWER best foundation for socialisation
for children relief of stress (stable society)
4. New Right on marriage - ANSWER has attitudes and obligations that
regulate behavior better able to financially support kids
Morgan- married people are better lovers
5. Marxism and marriage - ANSWER inheritance of private property distracts
from exploitation
produces obedient children
de-stresses workers
,6. feminism and marriage - ANSWER men use marriage as outlet for Violence
women expected to do chores
benefits men not women
7. postmodernism and marriage - ANSWER decline is because of more choice
more fragmented society
reduced social stigma
8. factors for divorce - ANSWER social policy change
economic factor
changing gender roles
post modernism
9. Goode (1971) - ANSWER Argue that marriage has become less of a sacred
union due to secularisation
10.Dennis - ANSWER family performs fewer functions the bonds between
husband and wife are weaker
11.Allan and Crowe - ANSWER family no longer economic so easier for
family to break up
12.Giddens (1992) - ANSWER nature of marriage has changed because the
intimacy of it has
13.Beck (divorce) - ANSWER divorce has increased due to individualisation
,14.Cohabitation/singlehood - ANSWER ONS- 78% couples live together
before marriage
15.factors for increased singlehood - ANSWER position of women
reduced stigma
social policies
fear/cost of divorce
individualisation
16.Birth rate trends - ANSWER has declined 13 per thousand babies in 2010
17.factors for decrease in birth rates - ANSWER Economic factors
functionalism- other institutions have taken over function of family
too busy to start family
technology
changing gender roles
postmodernism- choice
18.Death rates trends - ANSWER declined from 19/1000 to 10/1000
19.factors for decrease in death rates - ANSWER improved living standards
medical advances
social policies
A03-diseases of affluence
20.Effects of ageing population - ANSWER Public services
, One-person pensioner households
The dependency ratio
fewer jobs
21.depedency ratio - ANSWER The number of people under age 15 and over
age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force
22.Trends in migration - ANSWER increased stable net migration of 200,000
to 300,000
23.impact of migration on family life - ANSWER increased population size
changing age structures
dependency ratio
more demand for public services
political impact
24.wagg - ANSWER Childhood is a social construct
25.aspects of childhood influenced by society - ANSWER length of childhood
status
general ideas
26.Pilcher - ANSWER feature of childhood is separateness
27.Childhood is a social construct - ANSWER child labour differs
forced marriage
Questions with Correct Answers
1. marriage stats - ANSWER OFNS- marriage has increased slightly
2. why has marriage decreased - ANSWER Cost
gender role change/more choice
awareness of risk
not as religious
3. Functionalism and Marriage - ANSWER best foundation for socialisation
for children relief of stress (stable society)
4. New Right on marriage - ANSWER has attitudes and obligations that
regulate behavior better able to financially support kids
Morgan- married people are better lovers
5. Marxism and marriage - ANSWER inheritance of private property distracts
from exploitation
produces obedient children
de-stresses workers
,6. feminism and marriage - ANSWER men use marriage as outlet for Violence
women expected to do chores
benefits men not women
7. postmodernism and marriage - ANSWER decline is because of more choice
more fragmented society
reduced social stigma
8. factors for divorce - ANSWER social policy change
economic factor
changing gender roles
post modernism
9. Goode (1971) - ANSWER Argue that marriage has become less of a sacred
union due to secularisation
10.Dennis - ANSWER family performs fewer functions the bonds between
husband and wife are weaker
11.Allan and Crowe - ANSWER family no longer economic so easier for
family to break up
12.Giddens (1992) - ANSWER nature of marriage has changed because the
intimacy of it has
13.Beck (divorce) - ANSWER divorce has increased due to individualisation
,14.Cohabitation/singlehood - ANSWER ONS- 78% couples live together
before marriage
15.factors for increased singlehood - ANSWER position of women
reduced stigma
social policies
fear/cost of divorce
individualisation
16.Birth rate trends - ANSWER has declined 13 per thousand babies in 2010
17.factors for decrease in birth rates - ANSWER Economic factors
functionalism- other institutions have taken over function of family
too busy to start family
technology
changing gender roles
postmodernism- choice
18.Death rates trends - ANSWER declined from 19/1000 to 10/1000
19.factors for decrease in death rates - ANSWER improved living standards
medical advances
social policies
A03-diseases of affluence
20.Effects of ageing population - ANSWER Public services
, One-person pensioner households
The dependency ratio
fewer jobs
21.depedency ratio - ANSWER The number of people under age 15 and over
age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force
22.Trends in migration - ANSWER increased stable net migration of 200,000
to 300,000
23.impact of migration on family life - ANSWER increased population size
changing age structures
dependency ratio
more demand for public services
political impact
24.wagg - ANSWER Childhood is a social construct
25.aspects of childhood influenced by society - ANSWER length of childhood
status
general ideas
26.Pilcher - ANSWER feature of childhood is separateness
27.Childhood is a social construct - ANSWER child labour differs
forced marriage
