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By Dr. Abdul Zahoor KhanBy Dr. Abdul Zahoor Khan

Family and KinshipFamily and Kinship

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What is a Family?

A social unit of some number of people

who are linked intimately

--Related in some way--Usually living together

--Engaging in sex

--Having responsibility for rearing children--Functioning as an economic unit

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Family cont

According to Horton & Hunt:

--Family as a kinship grouping which provides for therearing of children and for certain other human

needs.Or

Shared genetic heritage, and law, meaning socialrecognition and affirmation of the bond

--Boundaries are clear

--Enables tracking of who is related to whom overtime

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Structure of Family

1. Husband and wife

2. Father and son

3. Father and daughter4. Mother and son

5. Mother and daughter

6. Brother and brother7. Sister and sister

8. Brother and sister

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Types of Family

1. By size and structure

I. Conjugal or Nuclear Family

II. Consanguine FamilyIII. Extended Family

2. By marriage

I. ExogamyII. Endogamy

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Types cont

3. By residence

I. Patrilocal

II. Neolocat4. By authority

I. Patriarchal

II. matriarchal

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Types cont

5. By clean or Ancestry

I. Patrilineal

II. MatrilinealIII. bilineal

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Kinship

A network of people who are related by

marriage, blood, or social practice or the

state of being related to others culturally

learned, not necessarily determined by

biological ties

Kinship is a means by which societies can

socialize children and transmit culture fromone generation to the next

Kinship creates complex social bonds

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Function of Family

1. Regulation

2. Reproduction

3. Socialization

4. Protection5. Affection

6. Safeguard of Interest

7. Economics8. Education

9. Recreation

10.Religious Culture Value

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What is Marriage?

According to Horton & Hunt:

--Marriage is a approved social pattern wherebey two or moreperson establish a family.

Or--Two individuals involved in a socially approved relationship

o Intimate, mutual long-term obligations

o Fulfilled customary ceremonial or legal requirements

o Limits on who can marry

o A legal tie, determined by state

o Who can perform a marriage

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Types of Marriage

Monogamy: form of marriage in which one womanand one man are married only to each other

Serial monogamy: when a person has several

spouses in his or her lifetime, but only one spouseat a time

Polygamy: when an individual has severalhusbands or wives simultaneously

Polygyny: marriage of a man to more than onewife at a time

Polyandry: marriage of a woman to more than onehusband at the same time

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Ten Questions Couples Should Ask

(or Wish They Had) Before Marrying

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Love Marriage

love Marriage:An important incentive to marry Love provides a source of support Strong commitment to each other An emotional identification between two individuals

Intense Convinced they cannot live without each other Not considered important for marriage until 20th century Other Basis for marriage?

Arranged Marriages ? Economic Basis Political basis Other ??

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Percentage of People Ages 2024

Ever Married, Selected Countries