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Unit 21: Forms and Functions of Family

6. Nuclear families can be found among new industrial and Urban Societies, while joint fam- Notes
ily in agrarian sector and in rural areas.

Nuclear family and joint family have different trait even though they are chang-
ing into one another. Joint families break and turn into nuclear families which
in nuclear families when children get married they keep staying with parents
and change it into joint family.

(c) Extended Family: This contains all blood related and some other relatives. It can be one-
sided or two sided (Motherly/Fatherly). Family members are many in such families. Their
residence and work is the same, they respect head of the family. Dubey says, “Extended
family is related with many units of one clanage.”

Self Assessment
Fill in the blanks:
1. One can not get exact ________________ between the relatives and kins of the family.
2. According to Duby ________________ is that family which is related with many units of one
clanage.
3. After marriage wife lives with husband and his parents, this kind of family called
________________ .

(II) On the Basis of Residence

The family is classified on the basis of, where husband and wife will live after marriage.
(a) Patrilocal Family: If wife lives with husband and his parents they are called patrilocal
family. This tradition runs in Hindus, Muslims, Bheel and Khadiya.
(b) Matrilocal Family: Opposite to this, when a husband lives with wife and her parents at
their place, are called matrilocal family. In India, this kind of family is found in Malabar’s
Nayyer, Khasi and Garo tribe.
(c) Neolocal Family: After marriage husband and wife live neither with his/her parent but
built their own home, they are called neolocal families.
(d) Biolocal Family: After marriage couple live with either father or mother or any. These are
called motherly or fatherly-resident families.
(e) Avanculocal Family: After marriage couple live with his (husband’s) maternal uncle. This
is the custom in Trobriyanda Island. In India, motherly dominated families has such tradi-
tions.
(f) Dualocal Family: Some families are such, where after marriage man/wife live with their
own (paternal) families. In Lakshdeep, Kerala and in “ashanti” tribes you can find such
families. In night, husband spent his night in wife’s mother house but come back in day
time.

(III) On the Basis of Authority

Who will be authoritative either mother or father. On this basis families are divided into two
parts—

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