family

3. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
4. A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
8. a social position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit and is earned or chosen.
9. the family of procreation refers to the family's role is to produce and socialize children
10. the process of terminating a marriage or marital union.
12. This type of family consists of 2 or more generation living together under the same roof this may include; grandparents, uncle, and aunt
14. This family consists of one parent and a child or children, living together
15. This family consist of a mother, father and their young child or children living together
16. This stage begins when the last child leaves home to live on their own, parents are by them self as they may become grand parents

1. a chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure
2. This family consist of an older brother or older sister taking care of their younger sibling, assuming the role of their parents. Their parents could be dead, have migrated or simply just not present in their lives
5. This family consist of 2 single parents coming together to form a nuclear family.
6. refers to the social status of a person that is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life.
7. this is the stage of the establishment of the family. It begins with the marriage of two adults and it continues until the first child is born.
11. when a man and a woman come together and form a union, and this union produces children
13. It starts with the birth of first child and ends when the last child leaves the home