family

Also known as families, a family

thumb|right|Sauk people|Sauk family photographed by [[Frank Rinehart in 1899]] Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary purpose of attachment, nurturance, and socialization.

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A family is a group of people connected through birth or marriage who live together and support one another. Families are important because they provide structure, safety, and teach people how to function in their communities—making them the foundation of how societies organize themselves.

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Research

2,076,209 papers

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Family, alcohol, and culture.ReviewRecent developments in alcoholism : an official publication of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism, the Research Society on Alcoholism, and the National Council on Alcoholism · 1989Bennett LADOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1678-5_6
Family-based grief counselling.Australian family physician · 1994Kissane DW
Understanding family resilience.Journal of clinical psychology · 2002Patterson JMDOI: 10.1002/jclp.10019
A family's influence.The Nurse practitioner · 2001Pearson LDOI: 10.1097/00006205-200112000-00001
Levels of meaning in family stress theory.ReviewFamily process · 1994Patterson JM, Garwick AWDOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1994.00287.x
Caring for the family of the critically ill patient.ReviewCritical care clinics · 2004Kirchhoff KT, Song MK, Kehl KDOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2004.03.009

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Image: Inupiat Family from Noatak, Alaska, 1929, Edward S. Curtis (restored).jpg

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62 sections

Contents

Social
Size
{{anchor|Family types}}Types
Multigenerational family
Conjugal (nuclear) family
Single-parent family
Matrifocal family
Extended family
Family of choice
Blended family
Monogamous family
Polygamous family
Kinship terminology
Degrees of kinship
Terminologies
Roles
Nuclear family
Collateral relatives
Aggregate relatives
Types of kinship
Patrilineal
Matrilineal
Bilateral descent
History of theories
The nuclear family in industrial society
The postmodern family
Domestic violence
Family violence
Parental abuse of children (child abuse)
Parental abuse by children
Elder abuse
Forced and child marriage
The concept of family honour
Economic issues
Dowry, bride price and dower
Property regimes and taxation
Rights and laws
Family rights
Reproductive rights
Parents' rights
Children's rights
Marriage rights
Legal reforms
Gender equality
Divorce
Health
Family medicine
Maternal mortality
Infant and child mortality
Politics
Work–family balance
Protection of private and family life
Criticism
The family and social justice
Global trends in family composition
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
Bibliography
External links

Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a married couple with children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents, spouse and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins).