Family and its type, its a crucial part for students studying community medicine as it helps them in their Family adoption programme

1. FAMILY Presenter- Dr
Konica Gupta

2. WHAT IS A FAMILY
It’s a primary unit in all societies.
It is a group of biologically related individuals living
together and eating from a common kitchen.

3. WHAT IS A HOUSEHOLD?
All the members re not blood related.
Example- servant

4. FAMILY
Biological Unit :
Shares a pool of genes.
Social unit :
Share common physical
and social environment
Cultural unit :
Reflects the culture of the
wider society of it forms a
part and determines the
behaviour and attitude of
individuals.
Epidemiological Unit :
Social services as well as
comprehensive medical
care

5. Family of origin:
The family into which one
is born
Family of procreation:
The family which one sets
up after marriage

7. FAMILY CYCLE
Phases of family cycle Events characterizing
No. Description Beginning of phase End of phase
1. Formation Marriage Birth of first Child
2. Extension Birth of first Child Birth of last child
3. Complete
Extension
Birth of last child 1st child leave home
4. Contraction 1st child leaves home Last child leaves home
of parents
5. Complete
contraction
Last child has left
home of parents
1st spouse dies
6. Dissolution 1st spouse dies Death of survivor

8. TYPES OF FAMILIES
1.Nuclear
2.Joint
3.Three Generation

9. 1. NUCLEAR FAMILY
It consists of married couple and their children.
Occupy same dwelling space.
Advantage: The husband wife relationship is more intimate as
compared to joint family.
Disadvatnge: More responsibilities for child rearing on parents
due to absence of grandparents, uncles, aunts and near
relatives.

10. 2.JOINT FAMILY
Such families are common in India, Africa, far East and Middle
East.
Main Characteristics of Joint Family :
It consists of number of married couple and their children who
live together in same household.

11. The men are related by blood and women of the household are
their wives, unmarried girls and widows of the family.
All the property is common.
All the family income goes in one purse and all the
expenditures are met from the same.
All the authority is vested by the male member of the family
and he is the decision maker along with his wife.
Advantages: Based on union is strength, sharing responsibilities
practically in all matters which gives the family a greater
economic and social security.
- Economic and social security to the old, helpless and
unemployed.
- Pool of income is used for helping the young through school,
pay for a marriage or begin a commercial venture.

12. 3. THREE GENERATION FAMILY
Mostly seen in the west.
Representatives of 3 generations in the family.
Only happens when young couples are unable to find a separate
household and continue to live with their own parents and have
their own children

13. FUNCTIONS OF A FAMILY
1. Residence
2. Division of labour
3. Reproduction and bringing up of children
4. Socialization
5. Economic functions
6. Social care

14. 1. Residence:
Clean and decent home to its members.
In west side the man leaves the home of their parents and septs
up their own home
In India its vice versa
Two types of residence,
1. Patrilocal and 2. Matrilocal

15. 2. Division of Labour
Older times it was the responsibility of men to work and earn
and run his family and the female’s responsibility was the
bringing up and rearing of the children and running the
household.
But now in modern family a young wife is getting married with a
professional or semiprofessional education and seeks a
professional career
Now a days there is the concept of communal family where all the
family members play a important role in the household management

16. 3. Reproduction and bringing of children :
The mother takes absolute care of the infant and children
The father provides for education and teaches the children the
social traditions
And cultures

17. 4. Socialization:
Family is the bridge between generations and between parents
and children.
The cultural patterns relating to eating, cleanliness, dress,
speech, language, behaviour and attitudes are transmitted by
families.

18. 5. Economic Functions
The inheritance of the property and ownership and control of
certain kinds of property like agricultural land, farm or shop
and eventually handed to their children.

19. 6. Social care
Family provides social care by
Giving status in a society to its members i.e use of family
names
Protecting members from insult or defamation
Regulating marital activities

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