Question

Discuss some of the major function of family as a social group

Answer 1

Famous Sociologists like Ogburn andNimkoff have classified functions of family mainly into six types such as:(i) Affectional (ii) Economic functions (iii) Recreational functions (iv) Protective functions (v) Religiousfunctions and (vi) Educational functions. Another famous sociologist K. Davis have classified the functions of family into four maindivisions such as (i) Reproduction (ii)Maintenance (iii) Placement and (iv) Socialization of the young. Davis calls these as social functions and opines that family also performs some individual functions which are a corollary of its social functions.