Tuesday, 27 November 2007

Symmetrical Families

I pesonally think that the types of families between UK and Bangladesh have some different phenomena which are visible in our daily life.

First of all,the roles of men and women in UK families are not quite similar to my home country.In British families,men and women usually look forward to doing any jobs.Besides, they also do housework at home espeacially making food,responsibility of children and their own properities.All of the family members are almost involved with earning money.

In Bangladesh,men are the only money maker in the majority of families.Most of the women are unemployed,but Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated country in the present world.There are some reason for women unemployment in my country.These are:

1.family barriers,

2.lack of proper plan and education,

On the other hand, women have huge opportunity to do job in the united kindom.They have also freedom to choose their own job in the various sector.They are not dependant on men compared with women of Bangladesh.Additionally,the young people(aged 18)do not rely on their parents.They also have independent relationship with parents.

The family members are more in Bangladesh than UK families.On average, each family has four children.Young people dominate the country's population: 40 percent of the entire population is under the age of 24, while 25 percent are adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19. Girls continue to marry at early ages, many have their first child before they turn 19.Now 54 percent of all married women practice some form of family planning,but only 30 percent of married adolescent girls use contraception.

The member of the UK family are much more aware about their family planning.Girls are not going to marry at earlier ages.When they are married,they have their baby at the age of late thirties.On average,a family have 2.4 people in UK which is smaller than Bangladesh.Besides,UK families have two children roughly which is more than two times smaller than my own country.The family standard of living is also much more better than Bangladesh.

Now-a-days parents are sending their girls at school in Bangladesh.Consequently,they are getting admitted into college or university and after achieving university degree, they are doing jobs in the Bank,Multi-National Company and other various public and private sectors.They have also choosen teaching profession in the different levels.For example,most of my auntie are doing jobs in the highest level of their company and one of my sisters has completed her Phd from the university of Taxas in USA.

In conclusion,I would like to say that the family members of Bangladesh are trying to get their children standard of education as good as UK families.

1 comment:

Annie La Grasse said...

Hello Mamun

My apologies for not commenting on your blog. I had a note in my files that indicated I had!

I am most interested to read your post about Symmetrical Families. I'm particularly interested to read all about families and the role of women in Bangladesh.

You have commented on the different ages women get married and have children in the two countries. You also talk about awareness of family planning in the UK.

You might be interested to read some statistics on single mothers in the UK. See below. The URL address follows.

'The report says that in 2001, more than 8% of British households were headed by a single mother aged 18-35, while the UK also has one of the highest rates of benefits for single mothers.'

'Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show single-mother families in Britain have steadily risen from 1% of all households with children in 1971 to 11% in 2004.'

This comes from:
http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/archives/2006/09/britain_has_the.php

Well done, Mamun!