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Family institutions are the social, legal, and cultural patterns that organize family life. They define arrangements for kinship, marriage, parenthood, and household formation, and govern how resources, responsibilities, and social status are transmitted across generations. As a central unit of society, family institutions shape patterns of care, education, work, and socialization.
Core functions include reproduction and child care, socialization of children, economic support and intergenerational care, emotional
Family institutions comprise diverse forms, including nuclear and extended families and broader kin networks. They operate
Different cultures construct family institutions in distinct ways, influenced by religion, law, economy, and gender norms.
See also: family law, kinship, social institution, child welfare, demographic change.