The Effects of Industrialisation on the Structure of the Family

Impact of Industrialization on Family Structure Previous industrial families are said to be three generations of families, children, parents and grandparents. Families work together on the farm to help meet the needs of the whole family, and young children can find children 5 or 6 years old. However, until the Industrial Revolution, the factory became a major source of work and development. Prior to industrialization society is mainly based on expanded networks of relatives, land and other resources are usually owned by a series of relatives far beyond the nuclear unit.

The family structure changes with industrialization. Sociologist Talcott Parsons pointed out that in society before industrialization there were huge family structures of many generations that 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. Because women are people who increase, nurture and educate children's norms and values ​​at home, women's role is expressive.