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Exercise 2

1. C. Stepfamily = a family formed with the remarriage of a parent and child/children with another person
2. E. Nuclear family = a family with a father, mother and child/children
3. D. Extended family = different generations of the same family live together
4. B. Multi-ethnic family = the mother and father come from different ethnic backgrounds
5. A. Single-parent family = a family with only one parent

Exercise 3

1. T The nuclear family is still very common in UK.
2. T The percentage of single-parent families is growing
3. F Stepfamilies are not so common in the UK.
   Stepfamilies are very common in the UK: it is due to increased rates of divorce and remarriage.
4. DS Of all one-parent households, most are father-child families.
5. F The high rate of divorce and remarriage is not the main reason for the development of extended families.
   The high rate of divorce and remarriage is the main reason for the development of extended families.
6. F Single people prefer living on the outskirt of cities.
   Married couples and families prefer living on the outskirt of cities.

Exercise 4

The table says that all kinds of families are rising mainly cohabiting couple families and single-parent families, with and without children.

Exercise 5

The sociologist doesn’t mention nuclear families and multi-ethnic families

Exercise 6

1. Sociologist Cohen doesn’t give his own definition of family
2. In US society cohabitation in now very common
3. The number of working mothers is rising
4.  Single-parent families are more numerous than in the past
5. Diversity is the appropriate word to describe the typical American family of today

Exercise 7

In my opinion a single mother looking after/bringing up her two daughter, a child or children with two mother or two father or an uncle and aunt looking after/bringing up their nephew are all families. According to me your family are the people who love you, so you can have more than one family.