family types characteristics functions

2. FAMILY
• family is the most important primary group in society.
• It is the group of biologically related individuals living
together and eating from common kitchen.
• It is the first and most immediate social environment to
which the child is exposed the most basic of all social
groupings. So family is known as the first school of
citizenship.

3. DEFINITION
The family is a group of persons united by
ties of marriage, blood, or adoption,
constituting a single household; interacting
and communicating with each other in their
respective social roles of husband and wife,
mother and father, son and daughter,
brother and sister, and creating and
maintaining a common culture.

4. …..
Family refers to two or more individuals who
depend on one another for emotional,
physical, and economical support. The
members of family are self defined.
Family health refers to the biological,
physiological, social cultural, and spiritual
aspects of life of individual members as well
as for the whole family.

5. TYPES OF FAMILY
Nuclear
family
extended/jo
int family
Three
generation
family

6. On the basis of
authority
Patriarchal family Matriarchal family

7. On the basis of residence
Patriloc
al
family
Matrilocal
family
Neolocal
residence
Avunculo
cal family
Matri –
patrilocal
family

8. On the basis of descent
Patrilineal family
Matrilineal
family
On the basis of marriage
Monogamous
family
Polygamous
family

9. On the basis of blood relationship
Consanguine
family
Conjugal family

11. FUNCTIONS
Identification function
Educating function
Communication
function
Socializing function
Co operation and care function

12. Affective function
Economic function
Reproductive function
Normative function
Emancipatory function

13. FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY
Duvall and miller identified seven family function that are generally
applicable to all types of family structures:
• Generating affection
• Providing personal security and acceptance
• Giving satisfaction and sense of purpose
• Ensuring continuity and compassion
• Providing social placement and socialization
• Imposing control and sense of what is right
• Protect the health of the family members

14. According to who family functions categorize
under six major headings
Biological Psychological sociocultural
Economic Educational
Health related
functions

15. The criteria suggested by DuVall and hill 1948 to
identify and describe development stages
• Changes in number of family members.
• Growth and development of children through
successive age groups.
• Changes connected with the couple and
occupational retirement.

18. some other
characteristics are

19. ROLE OF FAMILY IN MAINTENANCE OF
HEALTH
Economic status
Education
Cleanliness
Avoid smoking and alcoholism
Proper housing
Proper hand washing

20. ROLE OF FAMILY IN PREVENTION OF ILLNESS
cleanliness Education
Safety
food
Proper
toilet
facilities