This article is essential reading for all students taking the ‘Families and households’ option, but also raises important questions about culture and identity. The authors begin by pointing out earlier differences in patterns of separation and divorce between White British, Black Caribbean and British Asian families, which had led to suggestions that there were three distinct patterns characterising these three groups.
They then discuss the findings of their own research which not only show changes among the British Asians studied, but reveal complex patterns surrounding migration, arranged marriage, cultural issues and expectations of marriage. As with many other groups and other issues, there were also differences in attitude between the generations.
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