... Murdock's definition as the female is socialising yet all the functions of the family are being fulfilled. Yanina Shareen argues that the "female-carer core" is the most basic family unit: "foundation of the single mother family and the extended family in its many forms. Thus it is certainly the basis of family household life in Britain today. This compliments to ... argument given against Murdock that Matrifocal families can be seen as the basic minimum family unit and all other family structures as additions to this unit, and as figures show that there are 13% British households with ...

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