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| A group of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption and who often live together and share economic resources |
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| Family form that consists of one or both parents and their children |
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Nuclear family into which a person is born |
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| Nuclear family consisting of an individual, his or her spouse, and their children |
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| Family form that consists of three or more generations of a family sharing the same residence |
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| Network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption |
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| Set of norms that specify the ways in which family structure should be organized |
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| Marriage of one man to one woman |
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| Marriage with multiple partners |
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| Form of polygamy in which a man is permitted to marry more than one woman at a time |
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| Form of polygamy in which a woman is permitted to marry more than one man at a time |
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| Residential pattern in which a newly married couple is expected to live with or near the husband's parents |
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| Residential pattern in which a newly married couple are expected to live near or with the wife's parents |
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| Residential pattern in which a newly married couple is allowed to choose whether they will live with the husband's parents or the wife's parents |
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| Residential pattern in which a newly married couple is free to set up their residence apart from both sets of parents |
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| Descent pattern in which kinship is traced through the father's family |
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| Descent pattern in which kinship is traced through the mother's family |
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| Descent in which kinship is traced through both parents |
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| System in which men are dominant over women |
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| A family in which the mother holds most of the authority |
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| A family in which the mother and the father share power |
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| Norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives |
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