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" The nuclear family is a universal human social grouping. Either as the sole prevailing form of the family or as the basic unit from which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known... "
Families Across Cultures: A 30-Nation Psychological Study - Page 22
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State and temple economy in the ancient Near East: proceedings of the ...

Edward LipiƄski - Middle East - 1979 - 446 pages
...nuclear family, which were proposed by other authorities94. Murdock states : "The nuclear family is a universal human social grouping. Either as the sole...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society" 95. In support of this...
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Disturbing the Nest: Family Change and Decline in Modern Societies

David Popenoe - Social Science - 1988 - 390 pages
...Perspectives, Problems, Methods. 91The most influential statement was that of Murdock. 'The nuclear family is a universal human social grouping. Either as the sole...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society." Although this conclusion...
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Handbook of Family Violence

Alan S. Bellack, Michel Hersen, R.L. Morrison, Vincent B. Van Hasselt - Psychology - 1987 - 530 pages
...the case, there is considerable cross-cultural support for his conclusion that The nuclear family is a universal human social grouping. Either as the sole...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society, (p. 2) The Polygynous...
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Family Studies: An Introduction

Jon Bernardes - Family & Relationships - 1997 - 262 pages
...evidence from 250 societies throughout the world, Murdock asserted that: The nuclear family is a universal social grouping. Either as the sole prevailing form...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society. (Murdock, 1965, pp. 2-3)...
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Sociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers

Viviene E. Cree - Social Science - 2000 - 280 pages
...evidence from 250 societies throughout the world and claimed that: The nuclear family is a universal social grouping. Either as the sole prevailing form...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society. (1965: 2-3) Murdock's...
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Social Science Quotations: Who Said What, When, and Where

David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - Social Science - 2000 - 466 pages
...spirit. The Americans 1904:28. George P. Murdock 1897-1985 US anthropologist The nuclear family is a universal human social grouping. Either as the sole...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society. No exception, at least,...
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A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods and Strategies

Athalya Brenner, Carole R. Fontaine - Bible - 2001 - 654 pages
...and roles see Pilch, Introducing the Cultural Context, pp.117-52. The nuclear family is a universal social grouping. Either as the sole prevailing form...family or as the basic unit from which more complex familiar forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in everv known...
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Family: Critical Concepts in Sociology

David Cheal - Family & Relationships - 2003 - 480 pages
...composite forms of family organization will receive special attention in Chapter 2. The nuclear family is a universal human social grouping. Either as the sole...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society. No exception, at least,...
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Family: Critical Concepts in Sociology

David Cheal - Family & Relationships - 2003 - 480 pages
...data on 250 societies throughout the world, Murdock asserted that: The nuclear family is a universal social grouping. Either as the sole prevailing form...which more complex familial forms are compounded, it exists as a distinct and strongly functional group in every known society. (Murdock, 1967, pp. 2-3)...
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