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Abstract
Structural nature of relationships among members of a household typically in reference to a MINOR residing in the same home. More broadly any organizational framework that determines family membership, and the functions and hierarchical position of family members (https://eric.ed.gov/?qt=Family+Structure&ti=Family+Structure).
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- Family Structures
- Structure, Family
- Family, Reconstituted
- Matriarchy
- Patriarchy
- Reconstituted Family
- Step-parent Family
- Stepfamily
- Stepparent Family
- Family, Step-parent
- Family, Stepparent
- Matriarchies
- Patriarchies
- Reconstituted Families
- Step parent Family
- Step-parent Families
- Stepfamilies
- Stepparent Families
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Indexed with the subheadings ethnology, history.
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2023; for STEPFAMILY and FAMILY, RECONSTITUTED use FAMILY 1996-2022; for MATRIARCHY and PATRIARCHY use FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS 1995-2022
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- Family (1963-2022)
- Family Characteristics (1963-2022)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Family Structure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092822. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092822
- Family Structure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66363776