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Detailed explanation-1: -Lack of together time/privacy: With many family members around, the lack of privacy and/or together time, can become an issue. If a particular family member is called up frequently to shoulder responsibilities, it can lead to disharmony in married life.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Mitakshara law a Hindu joint family consists of the common ancestor and all his lineal male descendants up to any generation together with the wife(s) or widows and unmarried daughters of the common ancestor and of the lineal male descendant. It can consist of any degrees of generations.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poor are more likely to form nuclear households because they face fewer constraints-parents don’t have property to control their children, poor families may buy smaller houses, and they have fewer incentives to live together because of the dwindling incomes from family farms or small businesses.