The three aims of my coursework will be: To find out whether or not women are having children later on in life. To see if it is mostly middle-class women who are being pressurised into having children later in life To find out if a womans

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Introduction                                                                1

Hypothesis                                                                        2

Methodology                                                                3        

Secondary research                                                        5

Pilot study                                                                        6

Results of pilot study                                                        7

Primary results                                                                8

Secondary results                                                                9

Analysis                                                                        10

Evaluation                                                                        11

Bibliography                                                                12

Appendix                                                                        13


Introduction

I have chosen the subject area of family an employment for my coursework.

The reason I have chosen this particular area of sociology is because due to equality in our current society, women are now having to rethink very carefully about what their priorities are in their life, children or their career?

These issues are important in Britain because women are now getting much better job opportunities and are forced into having less time away from the workplace, e.g. maternity leave.

Hypothesis

My hypothesis is that I predict that women will chose to have an established career before they start to think about starting a family.

Aims

The three aims of my coursework will be:

  • To find out whether or not women are having children later on in life.
  • To see if it is mostly middle-class women who are being pressurised into having children later in life
  • To find out if a woman’s main priority in life is, now, their careers

Research

I will use primary research to find out if women are choosing to have a career before starting a family and what type of job their have.

I will prove my hypothesis by completing primary research such as questionnaires to women.

I will use secondary research to find out if a woman’s priorities have changed over the years.

I will look at sociologists who have completed work that is on the same topic as mine such as interviews with women on careers and the family.

I will define key sociological concepts such as family morals and sexism in careers.

 

Methodology

Having decided upon my research topic and hypothesis, the next stage of my coursework is to thin about how I might conduct my primary research. There are several different methods I could use and part of my decision is to what type of data I want to collect.

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There are two different types of data:

Quantitative: data in the form of numbers and statistics e.g. census data.

Qualitative: data in the form of a description rather than numbers e.g.

Diaries

Because of the topic of my research I have decided that I primarily want to collect qualitative data. This is because I need to know peoples opinions on the subject and their reasons rather than just their opinions.

There are two main methods that I could use: interviews and questionnaires.

Interviews are meetings in which you are asked questions directly, face to face or by telephone.

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