I thought the exam was okay!
For question 1 i put: A family that is tall and thin in structure, which contains very few generations, and few people within each generation.
Number 2 and 3 sorta stalled me a bit.
For 2: Neglect and Abuse, and making women dependent upon males, as well as for back-up making women to be responsible for domestic work.
3 I completely forgot about the Symmetrical Family, so had a guess: Leisure Time is more home-centred, Domestic tasks are shared, and Less or no domestic violence. But luckily my essays seemed to relatively good.
For the first one, I mentioned a few trends etc like Decrease in 1st Time Marriages, and Increase in 2nd Time Marriages, with an emergance of Gay Marriages, and same for Divorce. Then for marriage i said: Changing Attitudes, Declining Stigma to alternatives e.g. Cohab, Position of Women, where they no longer need to be dependent upon males, and prioritise education and careers, Secularisation and Fear of Divorce, in which for Divorce I mentioned factors such as declining stigma attached to divorce (mitchell and Goody), High Expectations (Funct and Fletcher), Secularisation, Changing position of women, as well as another reason.
I personally thought the 2nd essay question was fantastic, because that, along with the beanpole family question may of lowered the grade boundaries. Mention the social construction of ageing, as well as affects upon dependency ratio and public health and social services. Included the Griffiths Report 1988, as well as authors such as Hirsch, and Townsend.
Hopefully secured a high B