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Marriage and Family
Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Forms of marriage: endogamy, exogamy, polygamy, polyandry, polygyny, monogamy
- Inter-caste marriage
- Marriage legislation and family problems in India
- Marriage–health connection
- Effects of marital status on health
- Family
- Family as a unit for health and other services
- Joint family
- Modern family
- Nuclear family
- Blended and extended family
1. INTRODUCTION
Marriages are usually arranged within social units according to customs and traditions and at all times in history societies have formulated rules for them. In every society, it is found that men and women are aware of the rights and duties of the husband and wife much before they enter into any relations, and these rights and duties form ...
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