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The paper includes questions on conjugal role sharing, women’s traditional roles, the double shift in marriage, patriarchy within families, and evaluating research evidence from an item describing a Millennium Cohort Study analysis. It also requires comparing research methods such as unstructured interviews and describing how to investigate family functions with questionnaires, then discusses feminism and social class in modern Britain.","SPECIMEN MATERIAL  \nPlease write clearly, in block capitals.  \nCentre number Candidate number  \nSurname  \nForename(s)  \nCandidate signature  \nGCSE  \nSOCIOLOGY  \nPaper 1 The Sociology of Families and Education  \nSpecimen 2016 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes  \nInstructions  \n• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.  \n• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.  \n• Answer all questions.  \n• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.  \n• Do all rough work in this answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.  \nInformation  \n• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.  \n• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.  \n• Questions should be answered in continuous prose. You will be assessed on your ability to:  \n- use good English  \n- organise information clearly  \n- use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.  \nSection A: Families  \nAnswer all questions in this section.  \n0  1 Which term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a marriage with equally shared domestic roles?  \nA Conjugal roles    \nB Ideal conjugal roles    \nC Joint conjugal roles    \nD Segregated conjugal roles    \n[1 mark]  \n0  2 What role do women traditionally perform in the family?  \nA Decision making    \nB Expressive    \nC Flexible    \nD Instrumental    \n[1 mark]  \n0  3 Describe the double shift experienced by women in marriage.  \n[3 marks]  \n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n0  4 Identify and describe one example of how patriarchy can affect the power relationship within families.  \n[3 marks]  \n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\nItem A  \nDespite concerns over the increase in the number of children in single-parent families, recent research has found that children raised by a single parent are no less happy than those living with two biological parents. Rather, it is the quality of relationships at home which are most strongly linked to a child’s well-being.  \nResearchers analysed data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which was made up of 12 877 children aged seven, in 2008, from across the UK. The children came from three family types: those living with two biological parents; those living with a step-parent and a biological parent; and those with just a single parent.  \nThe seven-year-olds were asked the question: “How often do you feel happy?”Of the children living with a lone parent, 36 per cent said they were happy “all the time”while the remaining 64 per cent reported being happy “sometimes or never”.  \nExactly the same percentages were recorded when the question was put to children from the other family types.  \nThe results were largely unchanged when other factors which could influence a child’s well-being were taken into account, such as their parents’ social class or the affluence of the area in which they live.  \n0  5 From Item A, examine one strength of the research.  \n[2 marks]  \n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n0  6 Identify and explain one factor that may have led to an increase in the number of  \nchildren raised in single-parent families referred to as a concern in Item A.  \n[4 marks]  \n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n0  7 Identify and explain one advantage of using unstructured interviews to investigate relationships between family members.  \n[4 marks]  \n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n\n| 0 | 8 |\n| --- | --- |\n\nItem B  \nThis table appears in a paper by the sociologists Robert and Rhona Rapoport published in 1982 , they have used a variety of sources to identify class based differences in relationships within marriage and child rearing.  \nSources: Bott (1971), Goldthorpe (1969), Newson and Newson (1970) .  \n\n| Social class differences |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | Middle class | Working class |\n| Marital relations | More emphasis on sharing, equality, communication.\u003Cbr>More ‘joint’ division of labour.\u003Cbr>More planning. | More emphas","cbCaitPZrbXt4xs0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitPZrbXt4xs0","pdf",218474,1,22,"English","en",105,"# Section A: Families\n## Equality in marriage roles\n## Women’s roles and the double shift\n## Patriarchy and family power\n## Item A: Single-parent family happiness research\n## Research strengths and likely causes\n## Unstructured interviews in family research\n## Item B: Rapoports and class-based differences\n## Questionnaires to investigate family functions\n## Feminism’s impact on marriage\n## Social class differences in marriage and family life","[{\"question\":\"Which term describes a marriage with equally shared domestic roles in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper asks candidates to select the term for a marriage with equally shared domestic roles, offering options including conjugal roles and joint conjugal roles.\"},{\"question\":\"What is one key finding from Item A about children raised by a single parent?\",\"answer\":\"Item A reports that children in single-parent families are no less happy than those with two biological parents; 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