FAMILY IN INDIA

BY:AMANDEEP
What is a family?
A family is "a group characterized by
common residence, economic
cooperation and reproduction. It
includes adults of both sexes, at least
two of whom maintain a socially
approved sexual relationship, and one
or more of their children of their own
or adopted by the sexually cohabiting
adults."
Family in India
 Indian family, which is predominantly joint or
extended, has remained remarkably stable
despite some marked and drastic social,
political, economic and religious changes
over the last thirty years.
 Family has retained its primarily joint or

extended characteristics.
 Families on the Indian fringe are undergoing

a change.
 The main factors of change are modern
education, development programmers and
urbanization.
 The direction of change is from the hold of

collectivity (tribe, clan and family) to

increasing individuality.