family structure

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• Japanese family structure — The family in Japan is called “ie” in Japanese. It is basically composed of a couple as is the family in other societies. The Japanese family is based on a line of descent. Ancestors and offspring are linked together by an idea of family… …   Wikipedia

• Family values — is a political and social concept used in various cultures to describe values that are believed to be traditional in that culture and in support of the idea that nuclear families are the basic units of culture. The phrase has different meanings… …   Wikipedia

• Family — For other uses, see Family (disambiguation). Relationships …   Wikipedia

• Family —    As in all societies throughout history, the family was the basic building block of late antique and early medieval society. The structure, definition, and size of families, however, evolved over time, as the nature of society itself changed.… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe

• structure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, simple ▪ complex, elaborate ▪ coherent, logical ▪ rigid …   Collocations dictionary

• family — /fam euh lee, fam lee/, n., pl. families, adj. n. 1. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. 2. the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family. 3. the spouse and children …   Universalium

• FAMILY, AMERICAN JEWISH — Introduction Any discussion of American Jewish family life as an institution must view it within the context of contemporary American social, economic, and political life. All contemporary American Jews are Jews by choice in that their… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• structure — 01. Toronto s CN tower is the tallest free standing [structure] in the world. 02. The traditional family [structure] has undergone a great many changes in the last few decades, due to the increase in the divorce rate. 03. The course is… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Family in the Soviet Union — The view of the Soviet family as the basic social unit in society evolved from revolutionary to conservative; the government of the Soviet Union first attempted to weaken the family and then to strengthen it. According to the 1968 law Principles… …   Wikipedia

• structure — [[t]strʌ̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ structures, structuring, structured 1) N VAR: usu with supp, oft N of n The structure of something is the way in which it is made, built, or organized. The typical family structure of Freud s patients involved two parents …   English dictionary

• Family history — The family structure and relationships within the family, including information about diseases in family members. The family history is often recorded in a family pedigree (family tree), which uses conventional symbols. The pedigree provides a… …   Medical dictionary