Sanya ChhabraAIR 84 · CSE 2018 · 143 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Household refers to the dwelling or residential unit.
It is different from family in the sense that there can be:-
Body · points
- family households
- non family households - PGs, flatmates (coworkers residing together).
- institutional households - hostels, dormitories etc.
Close · a summary
The Household Dimension of family in India provides an insight into a new dimension.
It reflects adaptation to evolving changes. For instance - live ins, single parent families, separated spouses can only be studied by this dimension.
Moreover, economic studies, more specifically sociological economic studies, focus more on household dimension.
But it has certain limitations. For instance - co residence, which is an essential feature of family, is the only dimension it touches. Various other dimensions like interrelationship, rules norms of relations, terms of address are not taken into account.
Thus, this dimension becomes limited as it is focused on a narrow dimension.