Question

A family in which the mother is the central figure and the role of the father tends to be peripheral is:

a.matrilocal
b.matricentric
c.matrilineal
d.matriarchal

Answer 1

Answer:

matricentric family

Explanation:

Matrifocality or matricentric is the family structure which is centered around the mother and her children, in such a family the father has a minimal and insignificant role to play in the household and almost no participation in bringing up the children. What is important to note here is that the central focus here is not that of the ‘woman’ but the role of the woman as a mother. She becomes the primary source of all the decisions, especially economic ones, which are to be made about the household in the absence of a father.