William J. Goode also argues that industrialization process is one of the reasons for the breakdown of the extended family. Goode explains this process as follows (Haralambos and Holborn, 1995:337):

• Industrial society has a high rate of geographicalmobility and this mobility decreased the frequency and intimacy of contact among the members of the kinship network.

• Social mobility is also high in industrialsocieties and this weakened the ties among the members of the kinship network. When members of a working class family become upwardly mobile, they may tend to change their lifestyles according to their new social class, leading a disconnection from the larger kin network.

• When many of the functions of the family,such as education, production and protection were taken over by outside institutions like schools, factories or business organizations, the dependency of individuals on their family and kin has reduced.

• In industrial society, achieved status is moreimportant than ascribed status. This reduces the offerings of the kinship network to its members. The family in industrial societies cannot provide or guarantee jobs, education or training to its members. This reduction in dependency also weakens the ties among the members of the families. Goode argues that if individuals feel that they have more to gain than lose by maintaining the extended kinship ties, these ties are retained.