TYPES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE / FAMILY TYPE / SHAPE FAMILY,The family is two or more individuals living in a household because of the blood, marriage, or adoption. They interact with each other, have their respective roles & create & maintain a culture

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TYPES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE / FAMILY TYPE / SHAPE
FAMILY
TYPES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE / FAMILY TYPE / SHAPE FAMILY
The family is two or more individuals living in a household because
of the blood, marriage, or adoption. They interact with each other, have their respective roles &
create & maintain a culture (Bailon & Maglaya)
TYPES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE / FAMILY TYPE / SHAPE FAMILY
1. TRADITIONAL:
a. The nuclear family (nuclear family)
Family consisting of husband, wife and children.
b. The Dyad family
Family consisting of a husband and wife (no kids) who live together in one house
c. Elderly family
Family consisting of husband and wife who are parents with children already separated
d. The childless family
Families without children being late to marry and to have children late time, due to pursuing a
career / education that occurs in women
e. The extended family (extended family / large)
Families consisting of three generations living together in one house like nuclear family with:
uncles, aunts, parents (brother-grandmother), nephew, etc.)
f. The single-parent family (family widower / widow)
Families consisting of single parents (fathers and mothers) with children, this usually occurs
through the process of divorce, death and abandonment (the laws of marriage)
g. Commuter family
Both parents work in different cities, but one of the city as a place to stay and parents who
work outside the town could gather on a family member at the weekend (week-end)
h. Multigenerational family
Families with multiple generations or age groups living together in one house
i. Kin-network family
Some nuclear families living in one house or close to each other and use each other goods
and services alike. For example: kitchen, bathroom, television, telephone, etc.)
j. Blended family
Families are formed by the widower or widow remarriage and raising children from previous
marriages
k. The single adult living alone / single-adult family
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Families consisting of adults who live alone by choice or separation (separation), such as
divorce or the death of
2. NON-TRADITIONAL:
a. The unmarried teenage mother
Family consisting of parents (especially mothers) with children from the relationship without
marriage
b. The stepparent family
Families with stepparents
c. Commune family
Some couples families (with children) are not brothers, who live together in one house, the
source and the same facilities, the same experience, socialization of children through group
activities / raising children together
d. The nonmarital heterosexual cohabiting family
Families who live with multiple partners without marriage
e. Gay and lesbian families
Someone who has sex equality live together as husband and wife (marital partners)
f. Cohabitating couple
Adults who live together outside the bonds of marriage for some reason
g. Group-marriage family
Some adults who use the tools of the shared household, who have been married to each other
with each other, share things, including sexual and raise their children
h. Group network family
Nuclear families are constrained by a set of rules / values, living close to each other and use
household items together, service and responsible for raising children
i. Foster family
Families receive children who are not related family / relatives in a while, when the child’s
parents need to get help to reunite the original family
j. Homeless family
Families are formed and have no permanent protection for personal crises associated with
economic conditions and or mental health problems
k. Alley
A destructive form of family, from young people who are looking for emotional and family ties
that have attention, but thrive in violence and crime in his life.
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