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Understanding society: families

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In this free course, Understanding society: families, you will explore how different families have different ideas about how work in the home should be divided. You will also investigate the diversity of families. We will see how any discussion of the division of labour has to recognise that families differ in terms of shape and size.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1. Is work in the home shared today?
  • 1. Is work in the home shared today?
  • 1.1 Changes in women's employment patterns
  • 1.2 How have these changes affected the division of labour within families?
  • 1.3 How work is divided in different families
  • 2 Changing family forms
  • 2 Changing family forms
  • 2.1 The diversity of family life today
  • 2.2 The diversity of family life today: activities
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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