Gender Life Course Transitions from the Nuclear Family in England and Wales 1981-2001

Bibliographic Data

ID2642380
AuthorsLawrence Ware (University of Plymouth; Institute of Education, corresponding author), Moira Maconachie (University of Plymouth; Institute of Education), Malcolm Williams (0000-0001-7945-1194, University of Plymouth; Institute of Education), Joan Chandler (0000-0001-8151-0915, University of Plymouth; Institute of Education), Brian Dodgeon (0000-0002-7130-8761, University of Plymouth; Institute of Education)
Year2007
Volume12
Issue4
Pages49-60
Publication date2007-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5153/sro.1544
OpenAlexW2130346775
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

In recent years there has been much political debate in the popular media about the fate of the nuclear family in the UK. Very little work has been done, using population data, to actually demonstrate the decline, or indeed continuance of this type of household formation. In this paper we use Office for National Statistics (ONS) longitudinal census data, from England and Wales, to explore the formation, dissolution and continuance of the nuclear family household over a twenty year period (1981- 2001). Our findings indicate a continuing importance of this household arrangement, however routes into and trajectories from nuclear family households take different forms for men and women across the life course

Census · Continuance · Demographic economics · Economics · Family life · Geography · Historical demography · Life course approach · Longitudinal data · Nuclear family · Political science · Politics · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Rural development and sustainability · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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