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The family is (36) . In the past, grandparents, parents and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. Sometimes two or more brothers with their Wives and children were part of this large family group. But family structure is changing (37) the world. The nuclear family (38) of only one father, one mother and children; it’s becoming the main family structure everywhere. The nuclear family offers married women some (39) : they have freedom from their (40) , and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in nuclear families, men and women usually make an (41) number of (42) about family life. But wives usually have to "pay" for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in ex tended families, sisters, grandparents and adults helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important (43) . Wives in nuclear families don’t often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage, too. (44) , so older women from nuclear families often have to live alone. Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked out side the home and women worked inside. (45) . Now women work outside and have more freedom than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. (46) .