Household, family and its types- marriage systems
a. Household:
- Individuals who share a common kitchen or the same cooking pot and live under the same roof are usually considered to constitute one household (Evans, 1992).
- According to Harris (1981) a household is an institution which provides the primary social venue for people’s daily movements.
b. Family:
- According to Burgess and Locke (1963): Family is defined as “a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood or adoption , constituting a single household , interacting and communicating with each other in their respective social roles of husband and wife , mother and father , son and daughter , brother and sister , and creating and maintaining a common culture”.
- According to Anderson: Family is a socially recognized unit of people related to each other by ‘kinship’, marital and legal status.