FACTORS INFLUENCING FAMILY SIZE AMONG MARRIED RESIDENTS IN IKERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EKITI STATE

FACTORS INFLUENCING FAMILY SIZE AMONG MARRIED RESIDENTS IN IKERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EKITI STATE

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
The family is the fundamental social group in any society typically consisting of one or
two parents and their children; more liberally, it is two or more people who share goals and values, having long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place with some progeny of their own or wards.
In contemporary times the family has come to be seen as a legitimate and pertinent issue of public debate. The family unit is a dynamic societal institution which affects and is affected by several factors. It is basically premised on marriage rather than on mating. It is inevitably a product of the sociological rather than the theological or biological order. Certain functions are basic to all types of family, namely those of reproduction, socialization of the young, economic and emotional support to family members.