FAMILY AND MARRIAGE

WEEK 9
B Y D R N A D E E M O M A R TA R A R
 WHAT IS A FAMILY?

• A family is a group of people related by blood, marriage, or

adoption
• Nuclear family, same as immediate, consists of parents and
siblings
• Extended family consists of grandparents and other close
relatives who live in same household
• Conjugal family corresponds to the nuclear family where
priority is given to marital ties.
• Consanguineal family corresponds to the extended family
where priority is given to blood ties.
 HIGHPOINTS IN THE HISTORY OF
FAMILIES
• The size of Hunter/Gatherer societies was small as the
nomadic lifestyles did not allow the size of families to grow.
• In the agricultural societies, families became larger to help
work on farms
• Industrialization has led to the growth of smaller families once
again
 FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY

• Provide socio-emotional maintenance where one is accepted

and supported
• Orderly means for reproduction
• Regulate sexual activity
• Transmit social status
• Economic center for the family
• Once a unit of production now one of consumption
FAMILY TYPE BASED ON RESIDENCE

• Patrilocal -the married couple live with or near the husband’s

family.
• Matrilocal–the husband leaves his family and sets up
housekeeping with or near his wife’s family.
• Neolocal-the married couple establish a new home; they reside
independently of the parents of either groom or bride.
• Bilocal- it gives the couple a choice of staying with either the
groom’s parents or the bride’s parents.
FAMILY TYPE BASED ON DESCENT

• Descent implies family genealogical ties of a person with a

particular group of kinsfolk.
• Bilateral descent- involves the reckoning of descent through
both the father’s and mother’s families
• Patrilineal descent- involves the reckoning of descent
through the father’s family only.
• Matrilineal descent- involves the reckoning of descent
through the mother’s family only.
 CONFLICT AND FAMILY

• Family members compete and cooperate

• Throughout history, families have been male dominated
• Men being in control has prevented women from working
outside the home and made them dependent on their husbands
 2. MARRIAGE

• A legal union based on mutual rights and obligations

• Officially sanctions the birth of children 
 FUNCTIONS OF MARRIAGE

• Regulation sex life and sex relations of the individual.

• Establishes family formation.
• Marriage insists the couple to establish family by procreation.
• Provides economic co-operation.
• Marriage develops intense love and affection towards each
other.
• Its help intellectual co-operation among them.
• Minimizes the social distance between groups.
 TYPES OF MARRIAGES

• Monogamy is the marriage of one man to one woman which is

the most widely practiced form of marriage
• Polygamy is the marriage of a male or female to more than
one person at a time.
• Polygyny- in which a man has more than one wives
• Polyandry-in which a woman has more than one husband
 TRAITS OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE

• Similar social and recreational interests

• Get along well with spouses parents
• Parental approval greatly increases success
• Never thought of breaking up or taking a break
• No major quarrels, physical abuse
 FAMILY, MARRIAGE AND THEIR INFLUENCE
ON HEALTH AND HEALTH PRACTICES

• Family is the most important social unit which fulfills the

needs of the individual.
• Every individual is living in the family from the time of birth
to death.
• If largely determines the health of the individuals.
• Positive conditions of the family promote the health of its
members and negative conditions causes health problems to
them.
 ON LINE RESOURCES ON FAMILY AND
MARRIAGES
• https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-introtosociology/c
hapter/marriage-and-family
/

• https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter1
4-marriage-and-family
/

• https://www.zeepedia.com/read.php?family_and_marriage_in_
transition_family_is_losing_functions_introduction_to_sociol
ogy&b=99&c=29
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