Family is a
biological social unit mainly comprised of husband, wife and children. The
family is a universal social institution, it is also an inevitable part of
human society.
*According to Burgess and Lock, “the family
is a group of people united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption forming a
single household and interacting with each other as husband and wife, father
and mother, brother and sister.”
*According to G.P Murdock, “family is a
social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and
reproduction.”
*According to Nimkoff, ”family is a
more/less durable association of husband and wife with/without child or of a
man/women alone with children.”
*According to Talcott parsons, “families
are factories which produce human personalities.”
So, family
is a group of people with or without children encompasses husband and wife by
ties of marriage and it is characterized by common residence, economic
cooperation and reproduction.
