A Sociological Study of Changes in Joint Family

The joint family system was best suited to an agrarian society where mobility was limited specialization was simple and custom immutable. But following a process of change due to modernisation the traditional joint family in India has shown remarkable changes in its structure and functions. Whether jointness is considered in terms of residence, mutual obligations and property whether joint family system is being replaced by nuclear family system whether joint family as an institution is dying put is a matter of dispute and the future of Indian family system has been debated.Various empirical studies point to the new trends of the Indian family system. It is a fact that the joint family system is disintegrating. This disintegration is more evident in cities and industrial centers than in rural areas. Dr. Jaishree Rathore | Sunita Meena "A Sociological Study of Changes in Joint Family" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50067.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/sociology/50067/a-sociological-study-of-changes-in-joint-family/dr-jaishree-rathore