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AQA Sociology Model Answer - Family and Households

Does anyone have a model answer for this question: Outline and explain two ways in which women's involvement in paid work has affected family structures.
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Original post by grace4295
Does anyone have a model answer for this question: Outline and explain two ways in which women's involvement in paid work has affected family structures.



It's from the Sample material

From the markscheme

Answers may include the following and/or other relevant points:


financial independence for women


impact of feminist ideas


glass ceiling preventing women accessing top positions


the nature of womens paid work, eg types, pay, job security, part-/full-time


women giving birth later


the decline in average family size


rise in the average age of first marriage


joint conjugal roles/domestic division of labour/power and decision-making among couples.

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