... residence, economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintains a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted of the sexually cohabiting adults.' This definition states a nuclear family. 'Common residence' means that everyone in the family lives in the same household. Murdock refers to 'Economic Co-operation', this means that that everyone in the family has shared income and outgoing, and everyone in the family support each other financially. Murdock says that family is biologically determined because nuclear families are formed through the instinctive needs for that type of unit. Murdock believes that the mother and father in a family have needs and wants. The father wants to be 'hunter - gatherer' part of the unit and wants power over the family financially and the mother as she gave birth to the baby being the carer emotionally in ...

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