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FAMILY
Two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. The family may take many forms, ranging from a single parent with one or more children, to a married couple or polygamous spouses with offspring, to several generations of parents and their children.
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HOUSEHOLD
The basic residential unit where economic production, consumption, inheritence, child rearing, and shelter are oganized and carried out.
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CONJUGAL FAMILY
A family established thorugh marriage.
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CONSANGUINEAL FAMILY
A family of "blood relatives" consisting of related women, their brothers, and the women's offspring.
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NUCLEAR FAMILY
A group consisting of one or two parents and dependent offspring, which may include a stepparent, stepsiblings, and adopted children. Until recently, this term referred only to the father-mather-child unit.
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EXTENDED FAMILY
Two or more closely related nuclear families clustered together into a large domestic group.
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PATRILOCAL RESIDENCE
A residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the husband's father's place of residence.
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MATRILOCAL RESIDENCE
A residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the wife's mother's place of residence.
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AMBILOCAL RESIDENCE
A residence pattern in which a married couple may choose either matrilocal or patrilocal residence.
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NEOLOCAL RESIDENCE
A pattern in which a married couple establish their household in a location apart from either the husband's or the wife's relatives.
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