Question

Define – a) Nuclear family b) Joint family​

Answer 1

• Nuclear family, also called elementary family, in sociology and anthropology, a group of people who are united by ties of partnership and parenthood and consisting of a pair of adults and their socially recognized children. Typically, but not always, the adults in a nuclear family are married.

• The joint family is an extension of the nuclear family (parents and dependent children), and it typically grows when children of one sex do not leave their parents' home at marriage but bring their spouses to live with them.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Joint family includes grandparents,parents,children, uncle ,aunt and cousins. ... Nuclear family includes parents and their children. 2. Father is the head of the family.