WEEK 7 – ED1BSJ. Family.
TUES 09/11/21
SLIDE 4: WHAT’S A HOUSEHOLD?
o ONS: FAMILY & HOUSEHOLD STATISTICS EXPLAINED:
2011.
Household = 1 person living alone, OR group of people (not always related)
living at same address. Share cooking facilities & living room. Can consist of
single family, more than 1 family or no families (unrelated group).
SLIDE 5 & 6: WHAT’S A FAMILY
o ONS: FAMILY & HOUSEHOLD STATISTICS EXPLAINED:
o Family = married/civil partnered/cohabiting couple (with or without kids), OR
lone parent with kid/s – lives at same address.
o Dependent kids = living with parents aged under 16 OR 16-18, in full-time ed.
o Non-dependent kids = living with parents aged 19 yrs+ & no spouse, OR aged 16-
18 not in full-time ed & no spouse.
|_> sometimes called adult children.
o ONS recognise:
o Family structures & living arrangements = complex.
Circumstances = not obvious where some fit in to the categories used in
families & households’ datasets.
o Categorisation of families = don’t reflect the natural view of family relationships.
SLIDE 7: FAMILY COMPOSITION
o 2019 ONS:
o 8mil households in UK with dependent kids
o 77% couple families (married/cohabitating)
o 23% lone parent families (1.8mil families)
90%+ = lone mothers
SLIDE 8: GENDERED FAMILY CHILDCARE
o Traditional patterns of gendered child rearing legitimised as ‘natural’
Biology
o Feminists:
‘motherhood’ = socially constructed
No reason why mothers need to care for child (labour market)
o Time Use Survey, 2015:
mothers = 74% childcare
o ONS, 2016 = families with primary school age children:
Low-income families: mothers 80% primary care
High income families: mothers 60% of primary care
} Holloway = most statistics based on really specific areas.
o M/C families = want to provide financial stability & secured future
SLIDE 9&10: GENDERED FAMILY EMPLOYMENT
o August – October 2019 ONS:
o Women in paid employment = 72%
o Men in paid employment = 80%
o Women with dependent children in paid employment = 75.1% & 50.5% full-time
o Men with dependent children in paid employment = 92.6% & 93.2% full-time
o Employment for women with dependent kids:
TUES 09/11/21
SLIDE 4: WHAT’S A HOUSEHOLD?
o ONS: FAMILY & HOUSEHOLD STATISTICS EXPLAINED:
2011.
Household = 1 person living alone, OR group of people (not always related)
living at same address. Share cooking facilities & living room. Can consist of
single family, more than 1 family or no families (unrelated group).
SLIDE 5 & 6: WHAT’S A FAMILY
o ONS: FAMILY & HOUSEHOLD STATISTICS EXPLAINED:
o Family = married/civil partnered/cohabiting couple (with or without kids), OR
lone parent with kid/s – lives at same address.
o Dependent kids = living with parents aged under 16 OR 16-18, in full-time ed.
o Non-dependent kids = living with parents aged 19 yrs+ & no spouse, OR aged 16-
18 not in full-time ed & no spouse.
|_> sometimes called adult children.
o ONS recognise:
o Family structures & living arrangements = complex.
Circumstances = not obvious where some fit in to the categories used in
families & households’ datasets.
o Categorisation of families = don’t reflect the natural view of family relationships.
SLIDE 7: FAMILY COMPOSITION
o 2019 ONS:
o 8mil households in UK with dependent kids
o 77% couple families (married/cohabitating)
o 23% lone parent families (1.8mil families)
90%+ = lone mothers
SLIDE 8: GENDERED FAMILY CHILDCARE
o Traditional patterns of gendered child rearing legitimised as ‘natural’
Biology
o Feminists:
‘motherhood’ = socially constructed
No reason why mothers need to care for child (labour market)
o Time Use Survey, 2015:
mothers = 74% childcare
o ONS, 2016 = families with primary school age children:
Low-income families: mothers 80% primary care
High income families: mothers 60% of primary care
} Holloway = most statistics based on really specific areas.
o M/C families = want to provide financial stability & secured future
SLIDE 9&10: GENDERED FAMILY EMPLOYMENT
o August – October 2019 ONS:
o Women in paid employment = 72%
o Men in paid employment = 80%
o Women with dependent children in paid employment = 75.1% & 50.5% full-time
o Men with dependent children in paid employment = 92.6% & 93.2% full-time
o Employment for women with dependent kids:
