AQA Sociology: Families and Households Exam
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | ALREADY
PASSED | 2026
Adolescence ......ANSWER......A stage in the life course between
childhood and adulthood which occurs during teenage years.
Ageing population ......ANSWER......The phenomenon by which life
expectancy continues to increase - people living longer
Baby boom ......ANSWER......A sudden increase in the birth rate of a
population
Beanpole family ......ANSWER......A family that is vertically extended but
not horizontally extended
Birth rate ......ANSWER......The number of births per 1000 people per
year
Bourgeois ......ANSWER......Middle-class
Childhood ......ANSWER......The state of a child between infancy and
adolescence
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,Cohabitation ......ANSWER......Living together without being married
Conjugal roles ......ANSWER......The roles played by husband and wife -
joint or separated
Conjugal ......ANSWER......Relating to marriage or the relationship
between a married couple
Consensus ......ANSWER......General agreement
Dark side of the family ......ANSWER......Family abuse and violence that
is hidden behind closed doors
Divorce ......ANSWER......The formal and legal procedure that ends a
marriage
Domestic division of labour ......ANSWER......The division of tasks, roles
and duties within the household.
Double burden ......ANSWER......When a woman takes on two roles
within a relationship, usually unpaid work and caring for the children
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, Dysfunctional family ......ANSWER......A family structure that fails to
operate in accordance within societal norms and values
Emotion work ......ANSWER......The roles performed in relation to the
emotional needs of family members
Empty nest household ......ANSWER......A type of family constructed
when children have left the parental home
Empty shell marriage ......ANSWER......A married couple in a loveless
relationship who no longer wish to live together
Extended family ......ANSWER......A household made up of several
generations of family members
Fatherhood ......ANSWER......The role of the man in the context of
raising a child
Feminism ......ANSWER......A female movement for gender equality.
Feral children ......ANSWER......Children assumed to have been raised by
animals, in the wilderness, isolated from humans
Fertility ......ANSWER......Actual reproduction as opposed to fecundity
pg. 3
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | ALREADY
PASSED | 2026
Adolescence ......ANSWER......A stage in the life course between
childhood and adulthood which occurs during teenage years.
Ageing population ......ANSWER......The phenomenon by which life
expectancy continues to increase - people living longer
Baby boom ......ANSWER......A sudden increase in the birth rate of a
population
Beanpole family ......ANSWER......A family that is vertically extended but
not horizontally extended
Birth rate ......ANSWER......The number of births per 1000 people per
year
Bourgeois ......ANSWER......Middle-class
Childhood ......ANSWER......The state of a child between infancy and
adolescence
pg. 1
,Cohabitation ......ANSWER......Living together without being married
Conjugal roles ......ANSWER......The roles played by husband and wife -
joint or separated
Conjugal ......ANSWER......Relating to marriage or the relationship
between a married couple
Consensus ......ANSWER......General agreement
Dark side of the family ......ANSWER......Family abuse and violence that
is hidden behind closed doors
Divorce ......ANSWER......The formal and legal procedure that ends a
marriage
Domestic division of labour ......ANSWER......The division of tasks, roles
and duties within the household.
Double burden ......ANSWER......When a woman takes on two roles
within a relationship, usually unpaid work and caring for the children
pg. 2
, Dysfunctional family ......ANSWER......A family structure that fails to
operate in accordance within societal norms and values
Emotion work ......ANSWER......The roles performed in relation to the
emotional needs of family members
Empty nest household ......ANSWER......A type of family constructed
when children have left the parental home
Empty shell marriage ......ANSWER......A married couple in a loveless
relationship who no longer wish to live together
Extended family ......ANSWER......A household made up of several
generations of family members
Fatherhood ......ANSWER......The role of the man in the context of
raising a child
Feminism ......ANSWER......A female movement for gender equality.
Feral children ......ANSWER......Children assumed to have been raised by
animals, in the wilderness, isolated from humans
Fertility ......ANSWER......Actual reproduction as opposed to fecundity
pg. 3
