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§ The cultural mechanism that ensures the familyǯs

continuity
§ An institutional practice with social definitions and
legal restrictions
§ A special contract of permanent union between a man
and woman entered into in accordance with the law
for the establishment of conjugal and family life
(Family Code of the Philippines)
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§ Economic and emotional security
§ Parentǯs wishes
§ Escape from loneliness or unhappy situation
§ Money
§ Companionship
§ Protection
§ adventure
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§ Status
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§ ÷egal capacity of the contracting parties who must be a
male and a female
§ The consent freely given by the couple in the presence
of the solemnizing officer
§ The minimum age for marriage is 18 years but parental
consent is necessary for those below 21 years
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§ The authority of the solemnizing officer( judge or
priest)
§ A valid marriage license(good for 120 days)
§ A marriage ceremony which takes place with the
appearance of the contracting parties before the
solemnizing officer
§ Their mutual declaration that they take each other as
husband and wife in the presence of not less than two
witness of legal age
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§ 3o license is necessary for the marriage if the couple
has lived together as husband and wife for at least five
years and there is no legal impediment to their
marriage
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Monogamy- permits a man to take only one spouse at a
time
Polygamy- is plural marriage and may assume three
forms: polygyny, polyandry, and group marriage
ë Polygyny- is the marriage of one man to two or more
women at a time
ë Polyandry- is the marriage of a woman to two or more
men at the same time
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Endogamy- refers to the norms which dictates that one
should marry within oneǯs clan or ethnic group
Exogamy- prescribes that one marries outside oneǯs clan
or ethnic group
÷evirate- norm prescribes that a widow marries the
brother or the nearest kin of the deceased husband
Sororate- norm prescribes that a widower marries the
sister or nearest kin of the deceased wife
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-a small institution that unites individuals into

cooperative groups to oversee the bearing and raising
of children
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ë  composed of a husband and his wife
and their children in a union recognized by the others
member of the family
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-is the family into which one is born, and where one is
reared or socialized
 
   
-is the family established through marriage and consists
of a husband, a wife, sons and daughters
ë !"## is composed of two or more nuclear
families, economically and socially related to each
other
ë $%& which consider the spouses and
their off springs as of prime importance and which
has fringe of comparatively unimportant relatives
ë $'&  which considers the nucleus
of blood relatives as more important than the spouses
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ë "  descent affiliates a person with a
group of relatives through his or her father
ë " descent affiliates a person with a
group of relatives related through his or her mother
ë G" descent affiliates a person with a
group of relatives related both to his and her parents
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ë "$  residence requires that the newly
married couple live with or near the domicile of the
parents of the bride
ë G$  residence gives the couple a choice of
staying with either the groomǯs parents or the brideǯs
parents
ë $$  residence permits the newly
married couple to reside independently of the parents
either groom or bride
ë ($$  residence prescribes that the
newly married couple reside with or near the maternal
uncle of the groom
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ë ") is one which the authority is

vested on the oldest male in the family
ë ")- is one which the authority is
vested on the motherǯs kin
ë &" is one which the husband and the
wife exercise a more or less equal amount of authority
ë ""  is a recently emerged type found
usually in the subsurbs of the United States

 

1. The family regulates sexual behavior and is the unit for

reproduction
2. The family performs the function of biological
maintenance
3. The family is the chief agency for socializing the child
4. The family gives its members status

5. The family is an important mechanism for social control

6. The family performs economic functions, especially in
simple societies
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FACTORS OF SOCIA÷ CHA3 E

ë eographical mobility
ë Increasing population
ë Industrialization and urbanization
ë Change status and the role of Filipino women, and
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ë Conflicts
ë Separation and desertion
ë Abortion
ë Illegitimacy
ë Prostitution
ë Juvenile deliquency
ë Drug abuse
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