Sociology · Family
Compare family structures across three generations
Interview grandparents, parents and peers about household size, marriage age and work.
- DifficultyEasy
- Estimated time1–2 weeks
- Budget₹0
- ClassClass 9–12
- TeamSolo or up to 3
- You needNo equipment
Prerequisites: None beyond your class work
Original · by TechnifyedResearch ProjectSurveyBeginner friendlyFree to doNo equipmentResearch orientedWell documented
Overview
Interview grandparents, parents and peers about household size, marriage age and work.
Why build this?
It turns social change from a chapter into your own family's story.
What you will learn
- How household patterns have changed
- How to gather comparable answers
- How to link change to causes
Skills you will use
Safety and ethics
- This project involves people. Explain what you are doing and get their consent (a parent's or teacher's for children), let anyone stop at any time, collect only what you need, and remove names before you share results.
- This project handles personal data. Collect the minimum, store it safely, get permission, and delete it when the project ends.
Materials and tools
- Ten families willing to answer
- An interview sheet
Step-by-step roadmap
Start
You will finish with: a three-generation comparison with charts.
- 1
Prerequisites
Nothing special to know first. Then collect the 2 items in the materials list.
- 2
Learn
- How household patterns have changed
- How to gather comparable answers
- How to link change to causes
- 3
Plan
Write the research question, who or what you will study, how many, and the exact questions or measures.
- 4
Build
- Prepare ten questions on household size, schooling, work and marriage age.
- Collect answers for three generations in ten families.
- Tabulate each generation.
- Chart the changes.
- Suggest causes.
- 5
Test
Check a sample of your data by hand, and ask whether another explanation fits your findings equally well.
- 6
Document
Keep the raw responses or data safe, anonymise names, and build the tables and charts. Report structure
- 7
Present
State the question, the method in one line, the two or three main findings and their limits. Presentation structure · Viva questions
- 8
Publish
Share a short paper or poster; offer a summary to the people who took part.
Expected outcome
A three-generation comparison with charts.
Other versions of this project
Beginner version
Compare your own grandparents' and parents' generations.
Advanced version
Compare urban and rural families.
Make this project better
- BasicCompare your own grandparents' and parents' generations.
- This projectCompare family structures across three generations
- AdvancedCompare urban and rural families.
Research mode
Text marked "You write this" is a prompt for your own work; everything else is specific to this project.
- Research question
- You write thisOne question you can answer with data, narrow enough to finish in the time you have.
- Hypothesis
- You write thisWhat you expect to find, and why.
- Variables
- You write thisWhat you change or compare, what you measure, and what you hold constant.
- Methodology
- You write thisDescribe the method in enough detail that someone else could repeat it: sample, tools, procedure.
- Data collection
- You write thisSay what you will record, how many times, and how you will keep the records safe.
- Analysis
- You write thisChoose the table, chart or test that answers the question; report averages with their spread.
- Limitations
- You write thisList what could have affected the result: small sample, instrument limits, things you could not control.
Literature review
Find five to eight sources (your textbook, review articles, reports) and note what each says about your question. Group them by idea, not one after another, and end with what is still not known.
References
List every source you used in one style throughout (author, year, title, where it was published, link and the date you opened it).
Working as a team
Solo or up to 3. Suggested roles:
Report and presentation
Report structure
- Title
- Abstract
- Introduction and research question
- Review of what is already known
- Method: sample, tools, procedure
- Findings (tables and charts)
- Discussion
- Limitations
- Conclusion and suggestions
- References
- Annexure: questionnaire or data
Presentation structure
- Research question
- Why it matters
- Method and sample
- Finding 1
- Finding 2
- Finding 3
- What it means
- Limitations
- Conclusion
Viva questions
Try answering before you open each one.
What is a nuclear family?
Parents and their children living together.
What changed most?
Answer from your data.
What caused the change?
Education, jobs, migration and urban living.
Resources
Support multilingual and accessible family communicationMicrosoft · Free course courseCountdown to successful family-teacher conferencesMicrosoft · Free course course
How to become a self-taught developer while supporting a family [Podcast #164]freeCodeCamp · Free video courseCensus of Indiacensusindia.gov.inGoogle Scholarscholar.google.comSource and attribution
Original
Written by Technifyed. Free to use for your own school or college project; write the report in your own words. Added 1 Oct 2026.
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