The Effects of Industrialisation on the Structure of the Family

Impact of Industrialization on Family Structure The Industrial Revolution was from 1750 to 1850 and had four major impacts. The first is that the economic system shifts from agriculture to industry, the second is mechanization, which makes factory production more efficient, the third is urbanization, the fourth is population rapid increase - fourth is low turnover Rate and high fertility rate. Tallcott Parsons (1950s) insisted that the large families before the industrialization of Britain were the most beneficial. That is because they were able to maintain some degree of self-sufficiency and they were almost independent from non-family members.

The family structure changes with industrialization. Sociologist Talcott Parsons pointed out that in the society before the Industrial Revolution there were huge family structures of generations and that they could stay in the same place for generations. In an industrialized society, nuclear families consisting only of parents and their growing children are dominant. Adults and children are more mobile and tend to move to the workplace. Big family ties will be more vulnerable

The functionalist regards the family as a core family composition, mother, father, and one or two children. Murdoch investigated 250 communities from small hunting tribes to a large industrialized society. He discovered that there is some form of nuclear family in every society, and he concluded that nuclear families are ubiquitous from this study. The definition of the nuclear family of Murdoch is in the framework of the nuclear family, and Murdoch identifies the four family functions that would not exist if neglected. Sex, reproductive, economic and education are four main functions. Like Murdoch, another functionalist, Lescott Parsons, has his own opinion on what the core family should contribute to society. He believes that the family has two important roles, expressions and tools. As women are people who increase, educate, and educate children's norms and values ​​at home, women's role is expressive.