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Sociology Essay Is the Family Universal? Discuss There are many different types of families. The sociologist, Graham Murdock examined the family in a range of settings in 250 societies. His definition of a family is: " the family is a social group characterised by common residents, economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes; at least two of whom maintain a sexual relationship, and one or more children (own or adopted) of the sexually cohabiting adults." A definition of universal is: "of relating to, extending to, or affecting the entire world or all within the world." These definitions will be combined to try to prove whether Murdock's definition of a family is true-to-life or not. Families come in many different forms in society today. However, it was not always like this. These types of families have evolved from the 'Nucleur Family,' which originally contained a married,...

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