KABAGIS:

THE FAMILY AS
A SOCIAL
INSTITUTION

Carlos Raymund O. Dimapilis

Teacher, Humanities and Social Sciences
Senior High School Department
Far Eastern University Alabang
COVERAGE

Family
Marriage
Kinship
Household
Residency
MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND
HOUSEHOLD
 FAMILY

 Two or more people related by blood, marriage or

adoption (Santarita and Madrid, 2016; Kingsley
Davis as cited by Contreras et al, 2016)
 Social and economic unit that consists of one or
more parents and their children (Ferraro and
Andreatta, 2010)
 Factory that develops and produces human
personalities (Talcott Parsons, as cited by Contreras
et al, 2016)
 Institution that passes down the cultural traditions
of a society by the next generation (Bronislaw
Malinowski, as cited by Contreras et al, 2016)
 FAMILY
(MURDOCK, AS CITED BY CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)

 Social group that:

 Shares common residence
 Has presence of economic
cooperation
 Produce offspring
 Include adults of both sexes
wherein at least two of whom
uphold a socially approved
form of sexual relationship
 HOUSEHOLD

Basic residential unit where

economic, production,
consumption, inheritance,
child rearing and shelter
are organized and carried
out (Haviland et al, 2008)
Can have other members
aside from the family
 MARRIAGE

 Socially or ritually recognized union or

legal contract between spouses that
establishes rights and obligations between
them, between them and their children,
and between them and their in-laws
(Haviland et al, 2011)
 A special contract of permanent union
between a man and a woman entered
into in accordance with law for the
establishment of conjugal and family life;
the foundation of the family and an
inviolable social institution (Article 1, Family
Code of the Philippines)
 MARRIAGE PATTERNS
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)

Endogamy – compulsory marriage in their own

village, community, ethnic, social, or religious
group
Exogamy – marriage custom where an individual is
required by social norms to marry outside their own
group, community, or social classes
 MARRIAGE PATTERNS
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)

 Monogamy – both married

partners only have one spouse
 Polygamy – one individual has
multiple spouses; types are:
 Polygyny – one man is married to
more than one woman
simultaneously
 Polyandry – one woman is married
to more than one man
simultaneously
 POSTMARITAL RESIDENCY PATTERNS
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016;
ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016)

 Patrilocal - Married couple lives in the

residence of his husband’s father
 Matrilocal - Man is expected to take
residence in his wife’s mother area
 Bilocal – newlywed couple stay with
the husband’s relatives and the kin
alternately
 Neolocal - Requires both spouses to
leave their households and create
their own at times even in a different
locality
 FAMILY SET-UPS
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; SANTARITA AND MADRID; 2016;
ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016)

NUCLEAR EXTENDED

FAMILY SET-UP

BLENDED SINGLE-PARENT
 FAMILY SET-UPS

Nuclear Family
Parents + offspring
May include a stepparent,
stepsiblings and adopted
children
Extended Family
When three or more
generations form a
household
 CONTEMPORARY FAMILY SET-UPS

 Single-Parent Families
 1 parent + 1 or more children
 Consequence of divorce o
separation, births to unmarried
mothers, death of spouse,
desertion
 Stepfamilies/Reconstituted
Families
 Family units where one or both
members have children from
their previous relationship
KINSHIPS
 KINSHIP

Network of relatives within

which an individual possesses
certain mutual rights and
obligations (Haviland et al,
2008)
Web of social relationships
that humans form as part of a
family (Alejandria-Gonzales,
2016)
 KINSHIP
(SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)

Defined by:
Consanguinity –
kinship through
bloodline
Affinity – kinship
formed out of
marriage or ritual
CONSANGUINEAL KINSHIPS
 TYPES OF CONSANGUINEAL KINSHIP
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016;
SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)

CONSANGUINEAL
KINSHIPS

UNILINEAL BILATERAL

PATRILINEAL MATRILINEAL
 TYPES OF CONSANGUINEAL KINSHIP
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016;
SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)

 Unilineal descent– child is

automatically assigned to
either his mother or father’s
group
 Patrilineal descent – children are
automatically made members of
the father’s group
 Matrilineal descent – children are
automatically made members of
the mother’s group
 TYPES OF CONSANGUINEAL KINSHIP
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016;
SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)

Bilateral descent –
children can be
made members of
all ancestor’s groups
TRADITIONAL FILIPINO KINSHIP SYSTEM
(JOCANO, 1998)
TRADITIONAL FILIPINO KINSHIP SYSTEM
(JOCANO, 1998)
AFFINIAL KINSHIP
KINSHIP BY RITUAL/CEREMONY
 KINSHIP BY CEREMONY
(SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)

Compadrazgo – ritual co-

parenthood due to
ceremonies
Padrinazgo – spiritual
parenthood due to
ceremonies
 SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS
ON THE FAMILY
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)

FUNCTIONALIST CONFLICT INTERACTIONIST

Familyisimportantbecause
itperformsdifferentrolesin
thesociety:
1.Agentofsocialization Familyisacauseofsocial
Thefamilymembers’
2.Providesemotionaland inequalitybecauseit
interactioncanproducea
practicalsupportforthe strengthenseconomic
sharedunderstandingof
family inequalityandallowsthe
theirsituations
3.Controlssexualactivity continuityofpatriarchy
andreproduction
4.Providesfamilymembers
withsocialidentity
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