Year: 2026 | Month: March | Volume: 13 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 30-45
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20260305
Changing Family Patterns in Urban Bangladesh: A Sociological Study of Dhaka City
Mowsumi Rani Dey1, Mohammed Moniruzzaman Khan2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Bangladesh.
2Associate Professor, Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
Corresponding Author: Mowsumi Rani Dey
ABSTRACT
In sociological research, family pattern has attracted attention because of its continuous transformation. This study aims to identify and explain changes in family types, relationships and interactions in Dhaka City. While previous studies mostly explained family types and relationships, this study also analyses changes in family interactions. Using mixed methods (surveys and in-depth interviews) with purposive random sampling among university students, service holders and teachers. The study reports that majority of respondents live in nuclear families, indicating the breakdown of joint families. Significant factors behind this shift involve technological advancement, cultural expansion, economic and institutional development and surroundings. Individualism fosters equality, choice, freedom, self-identity and weak kinship ties, while ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) reduce family time and interactions.
Keywords: Family pattern, Family change, Individualism, ICTs, Family relationships
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