Structure and family performance in polygamous and monogamy families

Abstract

The central purpose of the current survey is to examine the role of family structure on its performance in polygamous and monogamy families in Zahedan. The research method is the type of scrolling and theoretical framework combining the ideas of Blood and Wolf, Butte and the McMaster Master Pattern. The statistical population included all the families of Zahedan, sampling method for single-wife families, cluster-multi-stage sampling (250), and sampling‌ method for polygamous families snowflak sampling (148). The questionnaire was The results are the indicative of the fact that the performance of families varies according to age, religion, and education of women, but the performance of families is not different in terms of income. Single-wife families have a better performance than a few married families, and there is a meaningful relationship between family structure and family function, and this relationship has been negatively and reversed, families that perform better have a lower traditional structure and families whose structure is traditional, has had a lower performance. The outcomes received from the structural equation analysis also revealed that the gravest structural features of the family structure were decision-making dimensions and power. In addition, the most important structural features of family function, behavioral and interactive behavior, and the effect of family structure on family function was -0.75 which indicates a reciprocal relationship between these two variables, that is, increasing the traditional family structure has reduced the positive performance of families.

Keywords

• family structure
• family function
• monogamy
• polygamy