Question

Mention the major functions of family.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Function of Families

physical maintenance and care of family members;

addition of new members through adoption or procreation;

socialization of children;

social control of its members;

production, consumption and distribution of goods and services; and.

affective nurturance (love).

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

(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