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1. FAMILY
Presented by : Season khadka
Subject : Society and Technology

2. FAMILY
Definition:
 Basically, a family is a group of people that are
related by blood, marriage or legal ties having
economic cooperation .
It is a group of biologically related persons living
together and sharing the common kitchen and
purse.

3. TYPES OF FAMILY
BASED ON SIZE:
Elementary or Nuclear family
 Family that consists mostly of a man, his wife and
unmarried children.
 It include members of two generations only.
It is most conspicuous in modern European and
Nepalese societies as well.
There is no control of the elders because newly
weds create a separate residence for themselves
which is independent of elders.

4. EXTENDED FAMILY
It consist of a number of nuclear family.
 It includes members of three to four generations.
This family is based on close blood ties and in the form of
relatives of both sides i.e. husband’s and wife’s sides.
It is like the joint family of Hindu Society. The eldest male
member is the head of the family.
This type of family found to exist in rural community.

5. BASIS OF BIRTH
The Family of orientation : The family in which an
individual is born and reared is his family of
orientation. It consists of father, mother, brother
and sister.
The Family of procreation: The family where an
individual sets up after his/her marriage is his/her
family of procreation. It consist of husband, wife
and their sons and daughter.
The family of orientation and procreation may live
together under the same roof, but can still can be

6. BASIS OF MARRIAGE
Monogamous Family:
This family consists of one husband and
wife, including children and is based on
monogamous marriages.
Polygynous Family:
A family consisting of one husband, and
more than one wife, and all the children
born to all the wives or adopted by each of
them.
Polyandrous Family: A family made up of
one wife and more than one husband,
and the children, either born or adopted

7. CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY
Every family provides an individual with a name,
and hence, it is a source of nomenclature.
Family is the group through which descent or
ancestry can be traced.
The family is a unit of emotional and economic
cooperation, where family fulfill the economic
requirements.
Each family is made up of different social roles,
like those of husband, wife, mother, father,

8. FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY
Division of labour, where all members have their
duties and obligations towards each other.
Family helps in propagation of human species
and perpetuation of human race.
Provide residence(it may be paternal ,maternal, or
independent).
Rearing and upbringing of children.
As a social and cultural Bridge ,family members
teach all the basic rules and norms of social life to
a child.

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