The different family models had regional and local variables. In the latter case, we find the examples of the municipalities of the current Valencian Community. By differentiating between urban and rural areas, we can see how solitary households were greater in the cities than in the countryside, and consequently, and inversely, complex households were more common in rural areas than in urban areas. The established confluence of the conjugal/nuclear family model meant that they dominated in both spheres with similar percentages. These data are reinforced when a semi-urban population, between the countryside and the city, such as Vinaròs, shows an intermediate trend in its results. Valencian families, as in the rest of Spain, were conditioned by the economic level and mentality of the localities. Wealth, property ownership, access to resources and the possibility of social advancement shaped the family model.

Collection: Statistics

Project: 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.

Chronology: XVIII, XIX

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Resource type: Statistics

Format: Table

Source: García González, Francisco (2011). “Las estructuras familiares y su relación con los recursos humanos y económicos”, en Chacón, Francisco y Bestard, Joan (dirs.). Familias. Historia de la sociedad española (del final de la Edad Media a nuestros días). Madrid: Cátedra, p. 184.

Language: Spanish

Date: 2011

Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)

Copyright: © Ediciones Cátedra © Francisco García González © Francisco Chacón © Joan Bestard

Abstract: Family models in urban and rural areas in the Kingdom of Valencia, highlighting the importance of the nuclear model

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