Understanding society: Families

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • demonstrate an awareness of some of the debates and key concepts involved in the study of family life;
  • show the connectedness that has developed over time between the work men and women do inside the home and women's role in paid employment
  • use numerical data to show the diversity of family life in the UK and to provide a first opportunity at ‘reading’ numbers.