0 a family in which parents and their male children with their families live together and are considered as a single unit --
The joint family was ruptured and women were increasingly forced to live in usually oppressive households, without their husbands.
Having an extended joint family may help in reducing the burden of troublesome behaviour.
The joint family household form became more predominant as heads neared the age of 60.
As household heads aged, the percentages of joint family households rose.
Certainly joint family households, with a labour force of at least four members, were in an advantageous position to retain and increase their landholdings.
There are several possible explanations why youngest brothers were so often chosen as participants in joint family forms.
Individual interviews were conducted separately with the target boy and his caregiver(s) following a joint family-interaction task.
In particular, we must consider the pastoralists' adherence to the joint family pattern.
