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What are the 4 main functions of the family?

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After emphasizing the universal character of the family, the anthropologist George Murdock (1949) argued that the family has four basic social functions: sexual regulations, reproduction, economic cooperation and socialization/education.
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Answer: sexual regulations, reproduction, economic cooperation and socialization/education.

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