On the basis of structure, the family has been classified as
(1) nuclear
(2) ***** family
Nuclear family is one which consists of the husband, wife or wives and their ****. The **** leave the parental households as soon as they are married. A nuclear family is an autonomous unit free from the control of the elders. Since the newlyweds creates a separate residence the physical distance between parent and married child parent and grandparent minimized the interdependence between them.
Joint family can be viewed as a merger of several nuclear families. Thus a small family may include an old man and his wife, their son, the son’ wife and the son’ **, two nuclear families, the son being a member of both. A large family may include the old man and his four wives, their unmarried **** and married sons, and the son’ wives, their unmarried **. An family may be crammed into a single house, or it may occupy a cluster of houses within an * family compound, or the houses mat be more widely dispersed than this.
