Research report

This report is about research which is made to evaluate social changes in family life from the early 20 century till new twenty first century. It was found that families during the last fifty years continue to be central importance of the life of individuals. Also research investigates that in families now there is a reduction of rules to govern behaviour and increasing importance of negotiating among family members.

As it is said, 'the research aimed to investigate the impact of structural and cultural change on kin relations' and it based on a research made by Rosser and Harris 'The family and social change'. 

The research is aimed to investigate reasons of changes in family life and roles of members: why there is an increase in economic activity among women and how does the full time employment of younger women affect family.

Analysis shows that in researched areas there is a decline of nuclear family and the classic extended families consisting of three generations are also in decline. One of the reasons of that is that there is a decline in strenght of sibling relations. And relations are now based on relations between daughters and mothers and fathers and sons. And even if the contact between mothers and daughters has fallen it is still very big. But as there is an increase in full time employment among women, it reduces their frequency of contact with kin but increases their need to support childcare. Also employment increases gender equality which is very important in relations between genders. 

It is written that the enormous growth in employment opportunities for women leads to higher rates 'of female labour participation'.

All these changes are because of increased individualism among people. 'Families are made up of people who are increasingly individuated and as a result family life is made up of the unscripted choices negotiated by family members between one another'