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‘Examine the view that the traditional nuclear family is in decline’
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'Examine the view that the traditional nuclear family is in decline' When evaluating the view that the traditional nuclear family (of two opposite sex married parents living in a household that contains only them and their own dependant children), is in decline, I will be taking various pieces of research and evidence from Sociologists, Journalists and other sources, into consideration in order to try to determine how true this view is. The nuclear family would appear to be found internationally and would be described as 'universal' by Murdock, varying in popularity from country to country, however I will be concentrating mainly in the UK. The idea that the 'traditional' nuclear family is in decline is not new. Journalists, columnists and sociologists have been researching this theory for many years now and it would seem that most agree with the hypothesis. Most sociologists agree that the nuclear family first became popular in...
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