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Wikipedia: Nuclear Family

Encyclopedia Article

The English-language Wikipedia article on the nuclear family, covering its definition, its comparatively recent naming, George Murdock's comparative study, and the scholarly debate over whether it or the extended family is the more common human family form. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_family
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article used for standard, uncontested definitional and historical claims.
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Wikipedia: Nuclear Family
WikipediaArticle, self-citation: entity-description
Quote, Article, self-citation: entity-description
A nuclear family is a family group consisting of two parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence.
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Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)

This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Kinship and Family Systems, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 4 general references.
  • Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

15

Kinship and Family Systems

Nuclear Family

Open Questions

Is the nuclear family the universal or original human family form, as much mid-twentieth-century family sociology assumed, or is the extended family the more common arrangement historically and cross-culturally?

Sources

Wikipedia: Nuclear Family

Scholarly debate

1

Kinship and Family Systems

Nuclear Family

Connected

1

Open Questions

Is the nuclear family the universal or original human family form, as much mid-twentieth-century family sociology assumed, or is the extended family the more common arrangement historically and cross-culturally?

General References

5

Kinship and Family Systems

Nuclear Family

Open Questions

Is the nuclear family the universal or original human family form, as much mid-twentieth-century family sociology assumed, or is the extended family the more common arrangement historically and cross-culturally?
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