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Lack of nuclear families
Name(s):
Decline in number of traditional family units
Incidence
According to 1991 census figures, 50% of children in the United States does not live in a traditional nuclear family unit, with both biological parents and full brothers and sisters.
Broader
Socially ineffective family units
Related
Negative effects of the nuclear family
Aggravated by
Marital instability
Increased family fragmentation
Strategy(ies)
Upholding nuclear families
Affirming nuclear family
Type
(J) Problems under consideration