Women in Agriculture

Lesson 17 : Types & characteristics of rural families

Introduction

Family is both an institution and association, which is rendered to be the most stable and enduring among mankind. It can be defined as a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, constituting a single household, inter acting and inter communicating with each other in their respective social roles of husband and wife, mother and father, son and daughter, brother and sister, creating and maintaining common culture.