The Family

2. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
The institution of FAMILY has three important
functions:
•To provide for the rearing of children
•To provide a sense of identity or belonging
among its members
•To transmit culture between generations

3. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
I.I. FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLDFAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD
• FAMILY- two or more people related by blood,
marriage or adoption.
• HOUSEHOLD- basic residential unit where
economic production, inheritance, child rearing,
and shelter are recognized and carried out.
II. FORMS OF THE FAMILYII. FORMS OF THE FAMILY
• According to MEMBERSHIP: nuclear, extended,
nontraditional families, nonfamily household
and single-parent household

4. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
NUCLEAR FAMILY: family structure
comprised of parent(s) and children
EXTENDED FAMILY: family structure
comprised of two or more generations
of adults who live in the same
household & share economic resources

5. BLENDED FAMILY: family structure
formed when at least partner in a
marriage has been married before and
has children from the previous
marriage
SINGLE PARENT FAMILY: family
structure in which one parent is
head of household raising children
without other parent
Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

6. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
CHILDLESS FAMILY: family
structure in which the married
couple choose to or cannot have
children.
SAME SEX FAMILY: family structure
composed of a homosexual couple
living together as a family with or
without children

7. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
• According to RESIDENCE PATTERNS:
patrilocal, matrilocal, neolocal, bilocal and
avuncolocal
Head of
Family
Patrilocal Matrilocal Bilocal
For Descent &
Inheritance
Male
Residence
Female
Residence
Both Equally
Example China Khasi United States

8. III. CONTROL OF SEXUAL RELATIONS-. CONTROL OF SEXUAL RELATIONS- culture
plays a significant role in sexual behavior,
helping to determine when, how, and between
whom sex takes place.
• According to POWER: patriarchal, matriarchal
and bilateral
Authority In
Family:
Patriarchy Matriarchy Bilateral
Who Oldest Male Oldest Female Shared By Both
Example Iraq & China Rare/Obsolete United States
Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

9. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
IV. REGULATING SEXUAL RELATIONS ANDIV. REGULATING SEXUAL RELATIONS AND
MARRIAGEMARRIAGE
• THROUGH LAWS
 JUDEO-CHRISTIAN LAW (adultery is punishable by
death)
 SHARIAH LAW (women found guilty of adultery is
sentenced to death through stoning)
• MARRIAGE- culturally sanctioned union between
two or more people that establishes certain rights
and obligations between the people, between
them and their children, between them and their
in-laws.

10. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
• INCEST TABOO- is the prohibition of sexual
intercourse or marriage among mother and son,
father and daughter, or brother and sister.
V. FORMS OF MARRIAGEV. FORMS OF MARRIAGE
• According to COMPOSITION:
MONOGAMY- marriage in which both partners
have just one spouse.
SERIAL MONOGAMY-is a marriage form in
which an individual marries or lies with a series
of partners in succession.

11. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
 POLYGAMY-one individual having multiple
spouses at the same time.
 POLYGYNY-is a marriage of a man to two
or more women at the same time.
 POLYANDRY-is a marriage of a woman to
two or more men at the same time.
 GROUP MARRIAGE(co-marriage)-marriage
in which several men and women have
sexual access to one another.

12. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
• According to ETHNICITY:
• EXOGAMY: marriage to person outside kind or group
• Result: Heterogamy (different)
• Ex: outside blood line
• ENDOGAMY: marriage to person inside kind or group
• Result: Homogamy (similar)
• Ex: within race/age/caste
VI. KINSHIP AND OTHER GROUPSKINSHIP AND OTHER GROUPS
• KINSHIP- a network of relatives within which
individuals passes certain mutual rights and
obligations.

13. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
• DESCENT GROUPS- any kinship group with a
membership lineally descending from a real
(historical) or fictional common ancestor.
• FORMS OF DESCENT
Unilineal Descent
Patrilineal Descent
Matrilneal Descent
Bilateral Descent

14. Social Institutions
KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYKINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
SOURCES:
 SIOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Dr. Zenaida Q. Reyes, Dr. Diony V. Varela and Prof.
Arthur S. Abulencia
 http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/gensci/sociolog
 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/gholland/mee
Prepared by:
 J-anne Paula C. Dacusin