Beanpole Family
A Beanpole family consists of several generations and is long and thin, with few aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Several factors contribute to this, including an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in the number of births.
Because of the aging population and contraceptive control, a new model of family emerges that reflects the modern world ideology.
In the past, families have typically had more children than their parents. Over the past several decades, however, particularly in Western countries, the number of children per generation has steadily decreased, and life expectancy has increased.
Researchers have likened this to the shape of a beanpole – tall and thin, with few people in each family.