Urbanization and Family Types in a North Indian Village

Abstract

This research, based on data collected in a north Indian village, is an analysis of the relationship of family types to a number of variables: caste, type of house, ownership of land, and the urbanization, type of employment, age, and education of the family head. There is no statistically significant difference in family types between families headed by urban-oriented men and those headed by village-oriented men. Type of house, education, and type of employment also prove to be non-significant. Family type is correlated with high- and low-caste status, landownership, and the age of the family head. High-caste landowning families are more likely to be joint than low-caste landless ones. Also, older men are more likely to head joint families than younger ones.