In many culture diversity, marriage and family systems are the basis of society hence become a major component in the social life. The decline of joint family system is because of the elevation of the nuclear family system. These changes have an intensive impact on business since it increase more demand for household appliances. There is a solid and intensive relationship between marriages and families. The institution of marriage has a significant effect on business. Marriage is the pillar that increases the size of the family, which as a result increase the demand. To meet the increased demand, the existing business units are expanded and set up of more business units is established to comply with production capacities. Marriage and family systems have led to the expansion of business.
In Paraguay, divorce is rare due to a strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church. Additionally, Paraguayans are bonded by an intensive culture that enhances strong family ties. The wealthy people who succeed in the political arena frequently give support to their extended family and weight their political ambitions. As a result, this has increased the family sizes as well as the demand that has resulted to establishments of various business units. In this settings, the marketer should understand the value that marriage and families are built on in Paraguay. Therefore, this will help the business units to meet the demand of many marriage and family system in Paraguay.
Contrary to several nations, minimum age of marriage in Paraguay is 16 for both males and females according to Civil Code of Paraguay. Consequently, this has resulted in increasing rate of marriages that are increasing the demand has more set up of business units. Regarding early marriages, they are not common in Paraguay though there is a significant percentage where children were married at the age of 15 to 18 years. The above factors have contributed to raising and increase of marriage and family systems and sizes and hence to affect the business.
Paraguayans marriage and family systems are based on a culture of equal legal rights, and thus, there is equality in families and marriages. In Paraguay, there is a free will of choosing the companion to make a family. Many households in Paraguay consist of families of the married couple together with their offspring. However, currently, there is an increasing number of households, which contain single mothers and their offspring. According to Paraguayans culture, the father is the head of the family, and he should be treated with respect by the rest of the family.
The Civil Code of Paraguay ensures that the rights of children are not violated at any chance if is education the child has right to attend the school. The Roman Catholic Church has heavily influenced the Paraguay culture; this has diminished domestic violence. Traditionally and in law, violence against women is a serious issue. Women have equal legal rights with those of men to the inheritance of mobile and immobile property. The division of labor is equally distributed among the families.
In conclusion, the government, churches, and their diverse culture protect marriage and family systems in Paraguay. Family equality, divorce deterrence and rights in the family all enhance and contribute to firm marriage and family systems. Consequently, the strong marriage and family systems lead to increase in family sizes. Subsequently, an increase in family sizes leads to the demand that has consequently led to the expansion of business units.
References
VisitParaguay.net. (2012). Family Life in Paraguay. Retrieved from http://www.visitparaguay.net/paraguay-guide/family-life-paraguay.html
