Family and household Households are task-oriented residential units within which economic production, shelter are organized and implemented s and consumption, inheritance, child rearing 4 Unlike family, the household is universally present. Most households in fact constitute families(family as the core of the household) although other sorts of households may be present as well(e.g, single-parent household in North America). Ex 1: Among the nayar, married men and women are members of separate households, meeting periodically for sexual activities.Family and household  Households are task-oriented residential units within which economic production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and implemented.  Unlike family, the household is universally present. Most households in fact constitute families (family as the core of the household), although other sorts of households may be present as well (e.g., single-parent household in North America). Ex 1: Among the Nayar, married men and women are members of separate households, meeting periodically for sexual activities