No document on topic available to EthnoMed. Marriage, Family, Kinship Marriage Gender Roles Women are considered to be subordinate to their husbands and girls receive less education than boys. Knowledge and use of family planning is extremely limited. No document on topic available to EthnoMed. Extended Families Family structure typically includes the extended family.
Family ties are strong.
Households in the Ethiopian community include from one to six persons, half of whom are children under age 10. The divorce rate is high and mothers have a hard time raising children as single parents. In times of crisis, the family will take full responsibility for the family member's problems, whether it is financial, health or social. Disputes are settled by elders of the community. The society respects elders and accepts their admonitions or advice.