Multiple choice

What type of unit is a family in an industrial society?

  1. Economic

  2. Consumption

  3. Production

  4. Profit
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In industrial societies, the family functions primarily as a consumption unit because economic production has moved to factories and firms outside the household. The family provides emotional support, socialization, and consumes goods and services produced elsewhere, unlike in agrarian societies where families were units of production.

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