It is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. It is the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution.

It is the most basic family form and is made up of a married couple and their biological or adopted children.

These are families that include the other members of the kinship group like your uncle, grandparents, and cousins.

In Neolocal residence, couples have the freedom and option to live separately and independent of their respective families.

In patrilocality, married couple move to the husband’s father’s community, so that the children will grow up in their father’s village.

It is the practice or state of having a sexual relationship with only one partner.

It is the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.

polygamy in which a man has more than one wife.

polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband.