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Question
Define marriage. Discuss its functions in human life.
Solution
Marriage is a social institution through which a man and a woman enter into family life for the purpose of procreation and upbringing of the children. According to Horton and Hunt, ‘Marriage is an approved social pattern whereby two or more persons establish a family.’
The functions of marriage in human life are as follows :
- Formation of the household.
- Legitimate sexual association of the male and female.
- Procreation of the offspring.
- Upbringing and rearing of the children.
- Transmission of culture from one generation to another.
- It is the basis of creating a household as an economic unit.
- It creates family as an educational unit for the infant.
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