JOINT_FAMILY. characteristics, advantages, disadvantades

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1. Joint family

2. ‘A group of people who generally live under one roof, who eat food cooked at one hearth, who hold property in common, who participate in common family worship and who are related to each other’ Dr Iravathi Karve Joint family will have two to three generations and kinship relatives’ shares the kitchen and common group. It provides bedrock on which social values and attitudes are built. Characteristics : • Large in size : A single family consists of only the husband, wife, and their children, but a joint family consists of parents, children, grandchildren, and other near relatives along with their women.

3. • Joint property; provides social security, leisure and recreation : In a joint family, the ownership, production, and consumption of wealth take place on a joint basis. • Common residence : The members of the joint family usually live under the same roof. They may also live in separate houses in close proximity to one another. They eat the same food and wear the same type of clothes. • Cooperative organization : The basis of the joint family system is cooperation. A joint family consists of a large number of members, and if they do not cooperate with one another it is not possible to maintain the organization and structure of the joint family. • Common religion : Generally, the members of a joint family believe in

4. the same religion and worship similar deities. They perform the religious rites and duties jointly. They celebrate all the festivals and social functions jointly. They also hold themselves jointly accountable for participating in social ceremonies such as marriage, death, and other occasions of the family sorrows and rejoicing. They all share the family burden together. • A productive unit : This feature of a joint family is found among agricultural families. All the members work at one and the same field. They do the sowing and harvesting of the crops together. • Mutual rights and obligations : The rights and obligations of the members of the joint family are the same. None except the head of the family has special privileges. Every member of the family has equal obligations. There is rotation of duties as well.

5. Advantages : • Protection of members. • Division of labour. • Development of good quality. • Cooperative, sharing and economy. • Stable and durable relationship. Disadvantages : • Uncontrolled procreations (reproduction). • Low status for women. • Rigidity of superstitions and customs. • Poverty.

6. • Hindrance in the development of personality. • Lack of privacy and affects adversely socialisation of children. Disintegration of Joint Family : • Lack of understanding, cooperation and unity. • Individuality. • Employment. • Industrialisation. • Needs are different. • Extension of communication and transport. • Influence of technology and others.