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THE FAMILY IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

·Family Systems: A family is a group Of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption and who often live Together and share economic resources.

A nuclear family consists of one or Both parents and their children.

An individual’s family of Orientation is the nuclear family into which the person is born or adopted. This family is composed by the individual, siblings and parents. When an Individual marries, forms a new nuclear family that is now a family of Procreation consisting of : 1-the individual, 2- spouse, and 3- their children.

Sociologists refer to this family Unit as extended family, two or more generations. They may live in 1 house, Grouping of houses or even different countries.

Kinship refers to a network of People who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption, they can be quite Large, and in some kinship systems there are close to 200 possible categories Of relatives.

·Kinship Patterns

The exact nature of family varies From society to society and even within societies. Family organization in a Society is determined by 4 questions: (1) How many marriage partners may a Person have? (2) Who will live with whom? (3) How will family membership will Be determined? (4) Who will make the decisions?

Sociologists use the term marriage to Refer not to the couple but to the set of norms that establishes and Characterizes the relationship between married individuals.

1.Marriage Partners: The marriage of 1 man and 1 woman is called monogamy. Marriage with Multiple partners is called polygamy. The most common form of polygamy is polygyny; Man can marry more than 1 woman at a time. Polyandry is when a woman can marry More than 1 man at a time, is rare and most found in Asia.