THE FAMILY

AND THE
HOUSEHOLD
Family Household

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Different Definitions of
Family According to
Sociologists and
Anthropologists
GEORGE PETER MURDOCK
Family is a social group characteristics
common residence economic cooperation and
reproduction. It include adults of both sexes, at
least two of whom maintain a socially approved
sexual relationship, and one or more children,
own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting
adults’.
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KINGSLEY DAVIS

Family is a group of individuals

wherein the relationship is based on the
consanguinity and kinship.

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TALCOTT PARSONS

Family is a factory that develops and

produces human personalities.

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BRONISLAW
MALINOWSKI
Family is a institution that passes
down the cultural traditions of a society
to the next generation.
 TITLE:

Assumption of Major
Sociological Perspectives
a b o u t F a m i l y.
 Structural Symbolic
Conflict Theory
Functionalism Theory Interactionist Theory

Family is important because it Family is a cause of The family

performs different roles for society: social inequality because members’ interaction
Agent of socialization; Provides it strengthens economic can produce a shared
emotional and practical support for inequality and allows understanding of
family members; Controls sexual
the continuity of their situations.
patriarchy.
activity and sexual reproduction;
Provides family members with
social identity.
 FAMILY AN D HO US EHOL D ARE TWO REL ATE D CO NCEP TS

Fam ily with in a h ou se h o ld

Un ited Nat io ns (20 14 )

- "t hose m em be r s o f th e h o u se ho ld wh o are related, to a spe cifi ed
de g ree , th ro u g h blo od, ado ptio n, o r m ar riage ”.
 HOUSEHOLD
ONE-PERSON HOUSEHOLD
"an arrangement in which
one person makes provision for
his/her own food/other essentials
for living without combining with
any other person to form part of a
multi-person household"
MULTI-PERSON HOUSEHOLD
"group of two or more persons
living together who make common
provision for food/other essentials
for living
 NUCLEAR FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY

A type of family that is made up a

group of people who are united by A type of family whose
social ties. It s usually made up of
members go beyond the nuclear
two adults and their socially
recognized children. It is made up of family made up of parents and
a married couple and their biological their offspring.
or adopted child or children.
 BLENDED OR
RECONSTITUTED
FAMILIES

A type of family where the

parents have a child or children
from previous marital
relationships but all the members
stay and congregate to form a
new family unit. It is sometimes
called a step family, reconstituted
family or a complex family.

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Kinship of Politics: Political Dynasties and
Alliances
Po lit ics – h ave also bee n infl u en ced by kinship relation s .
Political D ynasties – m ost po litician s (in pu blic o ffi ces and go v' t
positio ns) are re lat ives .
Political D y nast y Bill o f th e Ho u se o f Re prese nt at ives – th ere are no
enablin g laws t hat will pre ve nt it an d pro hibit po litician s fr o m
exercising it u n til th e pre se nt t im e. De spite th e 1987 P hilippin e
Co nstit utio n, po litical dy nasties c o ntinu e to e xist wh e n.. ..."t wo
or m o re in dividu als wh o are related with in t h e seco n d d eg re e of
co nsan g uinity ”.
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Po litical Allian ces
⁻ po lit ical part ies ten d to alig n and fo rge co o peratio n with
o th er st ro nge r par t ie s to e nsure victo r y in e le ctio ns o r
g uarantee th e passage o f a leg islatio n .
⁻ h avin g allian ce s, po lit icians wo u ld c o ntinu e to rec eive m o re
f unds, re so u rce s an d suppo rt fr o m t he ru ling
par t y/ adm inist ration par t y.

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