Extended Family: this type of family structure generally consists of three or more generations living in the same household (or very close proximity).
Extended family: It's a family consisting of three generations living in one household.
Nuclear family: basically consist of two generations of family members living in the same household. Family contacts amongst kin are usually weaker and less frequent than amongst members of extended families. Contact with wider kin, while it clearly exists, is more closely-personal relationship experienced in the extended family.
Nuclear family: It's a family consisting of two generations living in one household. Contacts and visits is less than the extended family.
Single-parent families,as the name implies,involve a single person plus dependent children. Although it is more likely to involve a female parent ,a significant proportion of such families involves a male parent. This type of family is sometime referred-to as a broken nuclear family, as it often- but not always- arises out of the break up of a nuclear family. The presence of this family structure can be attributed to three main factors:
-An increase in the numbers of divorcing.
-Pregnancy outside marriage.
-The death of a marriage partner.
single-parent families: it is a family consisting of a single parent and children. It is usually the mother and children, but in some cases also their father.. This family is called also the broken nuclear family. The causes of these families are divorces, pregnancy outside marriage, and death of a partner.
reconstituted families - step families:One consequence of high rates of divorce and remarriage(or cohabitation) is an increase in the number of families headed by stepmother and stepfather. This type of family is usually nuclear in form and involves parents, children of either spouse from a first marriage and (possibly) children from their present marriage. This type of family structure is becoming increasingly common.
reconstitued family or step-family is a family consisting of father or mother and his children from his first marriage, children of current marriage and stepfather or stepmother. This type of family is becoming more common.
A family consist of people who are socially-related to one another. an exam of such a social relationship might be marriage or cohabitation.
The family is a group of people who live in one household. The relationship between them can be as marriage or cohabitation.
Kinship is a related concept that means connections between people(either through marriage or lines of descent) that are blood relationships. An example of a kinship relationship might be that of a mother and child. Thus, the relationship between a husband and wife is one of family, while the relationship between them and their children is one of both family and kinship.
kinship-means connections between people that are blood relationship. For example, a relative of the father and his children or the mother and her children. But the father and mother are not blood relationship.
marriage is an important concept when talking about family life in our society. We place a great deal of importance upon the concept of legal marriage as the cornerstone of the family group.
Marriage is a concept that talking about family life. Legal marriage is a very important base for the family.
A household is a group of people who have a common residence. There is not necessarily any family or kinship relationship between them.
Household is a group of people who have the same residence. These people may not be family or relatives.
In general. the legal union o two (or more in some cases) adults is considered the norm in most modern industrialised societies. However cohabitation (the idea that two people live together and raise their children without legally/formally married) is an increasingly popular choice.
cohabitation - is housing two people that bringing up children without a legal marriage. This type of living is becoming increasingly popular.