DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD BY WILBERT MASAMBA 1: EXCLUSIVE DEFINITION OF FAMILY. Murdock’s (1949) conventional definition of a family suggests that it is characterized by: -common residence -economic co-operation and reproduction - Adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship -One or more children, own or adopted. This functionalist definition is exclusive because it is based on the idea that families have characteristics that make them different from other social groups, such as schools. This definition is flexible enough to accommodate different types of family relationship and organisation. For example, families do not have to be monogamous (one man married to one woman); they can also be polygamous. One man can be married to a number of women (polygyny) or one woman married to a number of men (polyandry). -Exclusive definition can be useful for distinguishing between family and non-family groups. ...
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