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Let us understand joint family advantages Joint family consists of more people as compared to nuclear family. So, one gets more support at the time of crisis. In extended family, there are more people to earn. Joint family holds the advantage of having strong financial backup. There is flow of love and affection more in case of joint family where people across multiple generation live together and share strong bond of togetherness. Since more people are connected and learn to adjust according to the needs and wants of each other. They learn to adjust to the different circumstances. Importance of family members also play the role in taking care of each other. Family members take care of each other and hence the individual gets better attention as compared to nuclear family.

Essay on Joint Family In joint family, members are connected through ancestry ,religion or a common property. The rules and structure of the family is generally defined by the head of extended family. These common members are headed by a single person who is generally the eldest among all. It is a socialistic type of family where money earned is divided equally for the beneficial of all the members. The joint family system is prevalent in the countries which is highly dependent on agriculture like China and India. Joint families preserve traditional customs and art craft which safeguarded from generation to generation. Joint family has a number of advantages like the economic stability. It provides a platform where people can learn how to adjust in different environment among different people at the same time the atmosphere is conducive to peace and relationship is harmonious. Certain disadvantages are also associated with joint family like a person does not get privacy as he as he gets in nuclear family Nuclear family makes a person more responsible in family a person is dependent on either the elders who leads the family or on other members

Joint family definition It is also called as extended family where people from different generations live together with a common goal of mutual advancement. This type of family is common in India, Africa and Middle east which are mainly dependent in agriculture as main source of income. This type of family structure is prevalent in rural India. With modernization and industrialization this family structure is being replaced by a new type of nuclear family with a small family size and reduced advancement goal.

By definition, it is the number of married couples that live together in the same house. Men are related by same blood . Joint family is basically an association of two or more nuclear family.

Joint Family vs Nuclear Family Let us look at the comparison of joint family vs nuclear family against joint family

As compared to Joint family, nuclear family makes family members more responsible. In joint family there is issue of getting privacy .Nuclear family provides the advantage of getting privacy for the family members. Joint Family required a huge financial need. So, it required every member to work else will become burden and eventually leading to quarrels and personal vendetta I the family. Research work says that nucleus families are well maintain economic families as compared to a joint family.

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Ensures Economic Progress. Division of Labour. Opportunity of Leisure. Social Insurance. Social virtures (moral quality). Avoids Fragmentation of Holdings. Socialism. It is based on the motto “Union is Strength" There is sharing of responsibility It gives family greater income and social security It provide economic and social security to the old, unemployed Pooling of income makes rearing of children, arranging marriages, caring for the old easy job

The Joint family system The joint family comprises of a large number of members which has greater generation depth and who are related to one another by property, income, household and mutual rights and obligations. It is organised on the basis of close blood ties. Let us look at the characteristics of

The Joint Family System

1.Large in Size :It is the most important characteristics of joint family as it consists of member from two to three generation. 2. Joint Property :In joint family system all tangible and intangible assets are jointly held with all the family members. 3. Common Residence :All the members of a joint family live under a common roof. Though when the family becomes larger some members can live in a separate house but within the close proximity. 4. Close blood ties : All the members in the joint family are bounded by close blood ties. They belong to same ancestors. 5. Absolute power of the head: In a joint family the eldest male member or the head enjoy absolute power over others. In every respect his decision is final and binding.

Biggest joint family in India With a total of 181 members, this Indian family residing at Baktawng Village in India's north-east state of Mizoram, is probably the largest in the world. 67-year-old Ziona, who heads the family, lives in a four-storeyed purple mansion with his 39 wives, 94children and 14 daughters-in-law and over 40 grandchildren. The Narasingannavaras of Lokur, a village 20 km from Dharwad, are said to be the largest joint family in India.

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Hindrance in the development of personality: With less focus on individual development, there is hindrance in the personality development of individual Strife: In Indian context, there is strife within the family. Most of the precious tie is spend settling the queries. Source of litigation: Joint family is also source of some form of litigation. Loss of privacy: As compared to nuclear family, in joint family privacy is very less. Child marriage: Children are forced to get married at smaller age because of which their personality development is hindered.