Family
Definition of family: A family is a social unit made of people related to
each other by blood, birth, or marriage. They support each other in one of
several ways (e.g. socially, economically, and psychologically).
Definition of a Household: People
living at the same address and sharing meals or sharing the same accommodation.
Most families live in a
household but not all household are families, for example a group of students
sharing a flat makes a household but not a family.
Types of families:
- Nuclear family- Consist of parents who are
married and have their own biological children.
- Lone parent family- Consist of one parent
(usually female) looking after a child
- Extended family- This family usually consist of
grandparents, parents and children.
- Reconstituted family- This type family is know as
a step family
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