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Family and the Types of Family:

Family: It is a group of biologically related individuals living together and eating from a common kitchen.
Nuclear (elementary) family: It consists of a married couple and their dependent children. A “new family” is a nuclear family within first 10 years of formation (marriage).
Joint (extended) family: It consists of a number of married couples and their children living in the same household. All the men in the household are related by blood and the women are their wives, unmarried daughters or widows.
Three generation family: It occurs when the married children of a couple continue to stay with their parents and have their own children. Hence, three generations related by direct descent live together.1
Household: A “household” is usually a group of persons who normally live together and take their meals from a common kitchen unless the exigencies of work prevent any of them from doing so. Persons in a household may be related or unrelated or a mix of both.
 Vital events: Vital events include live birth, fetal death, adoption, marriage, divorce judicial separation, death, etc.
References:
1. Poornima Tiwari, Shashank Tiwari. Chapter 13, In: Mastering Practicals in Community Medicine. 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New Delhi
2. Park K. Medicine in social sciences. In: Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 24th ed. Jabalpur, India: M/S Banarasidas Bhanot Publishers; 2017.
3. Concepts and Definitions; Census of India. Available at: censusindia.gov.in/Data_Products/Data_Highlights/Data_Highlights_link/con- cepts_def_hh.pdf.
4. Park K. Demography and family planning. In: Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 24th ed. Jabalpur, India: M/S Banarasidas Bhanot Publishers; 2017.

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