| a group of people who are united by ties of marriage,
ancestry or adoption, having responsibility for rearing children |
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| a socially recognized union between two or more individuals
that typically involves sexual and economic rights and duties |
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| a nuclear family consisting of oneself and one's mother,
father, and siblings |
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| a household consisting of married coupoles from different
generations, their children, and other relatives; the core family consists of blood
relatives, and spouses are functionally marginal and peripheral |
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| a marriage arrangement consisting of a husband or wife and
more than one spouse |
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| a nuclear family consisting of oneself and one's spouse and
children |
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| a pattern in which power within the family is vested equally
in males and females |
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| a marriage in which both partners pursue careers outside the
home |
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| a household consisting of spouses and their offspring; other
blood relatives are functionally marginal and peripheral |
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| marriage consisting of one husband and one wife |
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| the reckoning of descent through both the father's and
mother's families |
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| a pattern in which power withing the family is vested in
males |
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| marriage consisting of one wife and two or more husbands |
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| families formed by the marriage of two people, one or both of
whom also have children |
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| a rule that requires a person to marry someone from within
his or her own group--tribe, nationality, religion, race, community,. or other social
grouping |
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| an arrangement in which the married couple, upon marriage,
sets up a new residence |
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