what are some of the different forms that the family can take ??
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★ Answer :-
ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ꜱᴏᴅᴀʟ ɪɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪɴ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ɪ.ᴇ. ɴᴜᴅᴇᴀʀ ᴏʀ ᴇxᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ, ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍ. ʟᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄᴏ.ᴍᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ, ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏꜰᴛᴡᴀʀᴇ ɪɴᴅᴜꜱᴛʀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴏᴅᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ, ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱʜɪꜰᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀꜱ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ.
★ Examples :-
A family could be headed by a ma-le or fe-male; descent could be traced from the mother or the father.
This structure and composition of the family is based on various fadors 'such as economy, polity, culture and education.
★ Changes :-
The changes in the structure of family that we se.e today could be:
- (i) Same Se-x marriage
- (ii) Lo-ve marriage
But history and contemporary times suggest that such changes are met with vio.lent reactions.
★ Types of family :-
Nuclear Family: It consists of one set of parents and their children.
Extended Family: It consisted of more than one cou.ple and, often, more than two generations live together. The extended family is symptomatic of India.
Diverse forms of family:
- (i) Matrilocal-patrilocal (based on residence).
- (ii) Matrilineal and patrilineal (based on rules of inheritance).
- (iii) Matriarchal and patriarchal (based on authority).