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definition of extended family

three or more generations living together

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where did it originate

  • Historically common among working-class families; now more dominant in East-Asian communities.

  • Functionalists like Parsons: extended family was dominant in pre-industrial society, replaced by nuclear family in modern industrial society.

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used when?

  • Bell (1968): extended families still offer emotional and practical support:

    • Middle-class: financial help from father to son.

    • Working-class: frequent contact and domestic help from mothers to daughters.

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beanpole family definition

  • ‘long and thin’ — vertically extended across generations but not horizontally.

  • Includes grandparents, parents, and children but lacks aunts, uncles, cousins.

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obligations:

  1. Spouse

  2. Daughter

  3. Daughter-in-law

  4. Son

  5. Other relatives

  6. Non-relatives

  • Daughters preferred for personal care; sons rarely chosen.

  • Sons more likely to provide money; daughters less so.