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Discuss the functions of a family..300words​

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Some of the important functions Of family Are As Follows:

Family is the most universal and fundamental social institution which performs a variety of functions in human society. Different sociologists have viewed or classified the functions of family into different types.

Famous Sociologists like Ogburn and Nimkoff have classified functions of family mainly into six types such as:

(i) Affectional (ii) Economic functions (iii) Recreational functions (iv) Protective functions (v) Religious functions and (vi) Educational functions. Another famous sociologist K. Davis have classified the functions of family into four main divisions 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.

Similarly Goode classified the functions of family into five different types such as (i) Procreation functions (ii) Socio­economic security functions (iii) Status determination functions (iv) Socialization functions and (v) Social control functions. Similarly Prof. Lundberg enumerated four basic functions of family such as:-

(i) Regulations of sexual behavior of members and reproduction (ii) Care and training of children (iii) Co-operation and division of labor and (iv) Primary group satisfactions. Similarly Reed classified functions of family into following four types such as (i Race Perpetuation (ii) Satisfaction of sex needs (iii) Socialization and (iv) Economic functions. But famous Sociologist Maclver classified the functions of family into two broad categories such as essential and non-essential functions.

These two functions are also widely known as primary and secondary functions. Under essential or primary functions Maclver includes mainly three functions such as (i) stable satisfaction of sex needs (ii) production and rearing of children and (iii) provision of a home. Under non-essential or secondary functions he includes religious, recreational, educational, economic and health related functions. But one thing is clear that though sociologists have classified the functions of family into different forms still all of them gives stress on the same aspects in a different manner.

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