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Gender roles, domestic labour and power: AQA A‑Level Sociology questions

Every AQA A-Level Sociology exam question on Gender roles, domestic labour and power, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q08

    June 2025 · AS Paper 2

    2 marksGender roles, domestic labour and power
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    June 2025 AS Paper 2, question 08: Define the term ‘dual burden’. [2 marks]

  2. Q11

    June 2025 · AS Paper 2

    10 marksGender roles, domestic labour and powerChanging family patterns and diversity
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    June 2025 AS Paper 2, question 11: Outline and explain two ways in which family diversity may impact on the domestic division of labour. [10 marks]

  3. Q04

    June 2024 · Paper 2

    10 marksGender roles, domestic labour and powerDemographic trends since 1900
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    June 2024 Paper 2, question 04: Outline and explain two ways that falling birth rates may affect gender roles and relationships within families. [10 marks]

  4. Q11

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

    10 marksGender roles, domestic labour and power
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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 11: Outline and explain two ways in which changes in the organisation of paid work may affect gender relationships within the family. [10 marks]

  5. Q05

    June 2023 · Paper 2

    10 marksGender roles, domestic labour and powerDemographic trends since 1900
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    June 2023 Paper 2, question 05: Applying material from Item C, analyse two ways that globalisation may affect domestic labour in the UK. [10 marks]

  6. Q10

    June 2023 · AS Paper 2

    6 marksGender roles, domestic labour and power
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    June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 10: Outline three features of the symmetrical family. [6 marks]

  7. Q11

    June 2023 · AS Paper 2

    10 marksGender roles, domestic labour and powerThe family, social structure and social policy
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    June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 11: Outline and explain two ways in which government policies may have affected gender roles in the family. [10 marks]

  8. Q10

    June 2022 · AS Paper 2

    6 marksGender roles, domestic labour and power
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    June 2022 AS Paper 2, question 10: Outline three possible effects the rise of dual-earner households has had on the family. [6 marks]

  9. Q06

    November 2021 · Paper 2

    20 marksGender roles, domestic labour and power
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    November 2021 Paper 2, question 06: Applying material from Item D and your knowledge, evaluate the view that gender roles and relationships within the family are still unequal in society today. [2

  10. Q04

    November 2020 · Paper 2

    10 marksGender roles, domestic labour and powerChanging family patterns and diversity
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    November 2020 Paper 2, question 04: Outline and explain two ways in which changing childbearing patterns may have influenced gender roles and relationships within families and households. [10 mark

  11. Q12

    November 2020 · AS Paper 2

    20 marksGender roles, domestic labour and power
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    November 2020 AS Paper 2, question 12: Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life. [20 marks]
All 11 questions on Gender roles, domestic labour and power, as a list
  1. June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q08 (2 marks): Define the term ‘dual burden’. [2 marks]
  2. June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q11 (10 marks): Outline and explain two ways in which family diversity may impact on the domestic division of labour. [10 marks]
  3. June 2024, Paper 2, Q04 (10 marks): Outline and explain two ways that falling birth rates may affect gender roles and relationships within families. [10 marks]
  4. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q11 (10 marks): Outline and explain two ways in which changes in the organisation of paid work may affect gender relationships within the family. [10 marks]
  5. June 2023, Paper 2, Q05 (10 marks): Applying material from Item C, analyse two ways that globalisation may affect domestic labour in the UK. [10 marks]
  6. June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q10 (6 marks): Outline three features of the symmetrical family. [6 marks]
  7. June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q11 (10 marks): Outline and explain two ways in which government policies may have affected gender roles in the family. [10 marks]
  8. June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q10 (6 marks): Outline three possible effects the rise of dual-earner households has had on the family. [6 marks]
  9. November 2021, Paper 2, Q06 (20 marks): Applying material from Item D and your knowledge, evaluate the view that gender roles and relationships within the family are still unequal in society today. [2
  10. November 2020, Paper 2, Q04 (10 marks): Outline and explain two ways in which changing childbearing patterns may have influenced gender roles and relationships within families and households. [10 mark
  11. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q12 (20 marks): Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life. [20 marks]

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