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Understanding Social Institutions
Write in short the meaning of the following terms/words :
(i) Folkways (ii) Family
(iii) Nuclear family (iv) Joint Family
(v) Kinship
Family : It is a universal institution and has existed thoughout the history of society. Family, basically, is made up of individuals having kinship, relationship among themselves.
Nuclear Family : Family consisting husband, wife and unmarried children.
Joint Family : Family consisting of members of three or more than three generations staying together under a common roof and with a common kitchen.
Kinship: Social relationship based on real, putative or fuctive consanguinity. It is the system of the way in which the relations between individuals in the family and between are organised.
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(v) Kinship
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