What is a household. What is a family. What is a family composition, how does it impact gender. Why is family childcare gendered. What did Holloway find. What is gendered family employment. What are the government policies. What were the 2011 London riots, how did they impact gendered roles. What a...
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:
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