Abstract
Family plays an integral part in person’s life. Whether nuclear, extended or
single parent system, the primary socialization and bonding have always
been essential element in one’s life. The shift in the family system from
extended to nuclear, is evident nowadays due to number of reasons.
Moreover, working women face number of problems in handling both work
as well as household. At times it becomes difficult to adjust or live in
particular family system. The working women in many cases contribute a lot
in looking and satisfying the needs of the family members. However, the gap
between the working women and family could be filled by looking at the way
both can cooperate with each other. The problems working women are facing
in extended family system are different from what they encounter in nuclear
or single parent family system. Hence the gap between the working women
and the family could result in changing their preference of a certain family
system over the other. The change in the family system is thus evident from
extended to nuclear family system. The data collection techniques involved
mixed method. Both closed ended questionnaires and open ended interviews
were conducted for data collection. The results obtained from primary
research showed that most of the women preferred nuclear family over
extended family system. Therefore, changing the family system or the family,
as an institution as was common before. Therefore, the conclusion showed
that most of the working women are living in nuclear family system and
want to live in nuclear family system. Very few belonged to extended family
system or single parent family. The problems prevailing in accepting
working women or working mothers a major reason for shift from extended
to nuclear family system.
Marium Sara Minhas Bandeali, Dr. Manzoor Ali Isran. (2015) THE CHANGING PATTERNS IN FAMILY SYSTEM FROM EXTENDED TO NUCLEAR: IN CONTEXT OF WORKING WOMEN IN PAKISTAN, Asia Pacific, Vol-33, Issue 1.
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