Introduction: kinship and family in international context

Abstract

In tro duc tion: Kin ship and Fam ily in In ter na tional Con textby Wan He, In ter na tional Pro grams Cen ter, Pop u la tion Di vi sion, U.S. Cen sus Bu reau Kin ship and fam ily have been an in ter est and fo cus of multidisciplinary re search for de cades. So ci ol o gists, de mog ra phers, an thro pol o gists, his to ri ans, and econ o mists have de fined and re de fined fam ily from many per spec tives. There are many forms of fam ily. The pre dom i nant fam ily form in west ern so ci ety to day is the nu clear family, com prised of a mar ried cou ple and their chil dren. Be yond the nu clear fam ily, and more prev a lent in many parts of the world, there are sev eral forms of the extended fam ily, in clud ing the stem fam ily, con sist ing of one adult child with his spouse and his par ents, the multigenerational fam ily, where sev eral gen er a tions of fam ily mem bers re side to gether; and the joint fam ily, where mar ried sib lings co-reside (see Kertzer, 1991, andRuggles, 1994 for more dis cus sion).How ever, fam ily form and house hold struc ture are not al ways cre ated solely due to eco nomic need. Of ten, cul tural val ues place im mense pres sure on the be hav -

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