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प्रश्न
What are some of the different forms that the family can take?
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उत्तर
Family is a very important sodal institution. In either form i.e. nudear or extended, it has post to perform. Lately, a lot of changes have come about in the structure for example, those people employed in the software industry have odd working to this, grandparents have shifted in as caregivers to young.
A family could be headed by a male or female; descent could be traced from the mother or the father. This structure and composition of the family is based on various fadors ‘ such as economy, polity, culture and education.
The changes in the structure of family that we see today could be
(i)Same sex marriage
(ii)Love marriage
But history and contemporary times suggest that such changes are met with violent reactions.
Nuclear Family: It consists of one set of parents and their children.
Extended Family: It consisted of more than one couple and, often, more than two generations live together. The extended family is symptomatic of India.
Diverse forms of family
- Matrilocal-patrilocal (based on residence)
- Matrilineal and patrilineal (based on rules of inheritance)
- Matriarchal and patriarchal (based on authority)
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In what ways can changes in social structure lead to changes in the family structure?
Briefly discuss any five types of families.
Discuss the structural and functional changes of the Indian joint family system.
Explain any five features of a family.
Answer briefly the following question :
Mention any two features of a nuclear family.
Answer the following question:
Functions of a family have undergone several changes in modern times. Discuss any five such changes.
The newly married couple stays with the groom’s parents. Which form of family is this?
Among the Khasis, the family is:
| The present study…deals with a Muslim biradri (community) called the Multani Lohars. ... Karkhanedar is a vernacular term used for a person engaged in the business of manufacturing of which he is generally the owner…The karkhanas under study operate in domestic conditions and, therefore, have certain pervasive effects on the life of the karkhanedars who work in them. …The following case illustrates this. Mahmood, aged forty years, was living with his two younger brothers, one of whom was married. He had three children and was the head of the complex household. …All the three brothers were employed in various karkhanas and factories as skilled workers. Mahmood successfully fabricated replica of a motor part the import of which had been banned. This greatly encouraged him to start his own karkhana…Later it was decided that two karkhanas should be set up to manufacture the motor part. One was to be owned by the two elder brothers, and the other by the youngest, provided he set up a separate household. Rasheed set up an independent household, consisting of his wife and unmarried children. Therefore, one complex household, comprising three married brothers, gave birth to a simple household as a result of new entrepreneurial opportunities. Excerpted from S.M. Akram Rizvi, ‘Kinship and Industry among the Muslim Karkhanedars in Delhi’, in Imtiaz Ahmad, ed. Family, Kinship and Marriage among Muslims in India, New Delhi, Manohar, 1976, pp. 27- 48. |
The given case states that the family type is:
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Discuss any five factors that have brought a change in this form of family.
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State any one difference between Consanguineous and Conjugal families.
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