It refers to marriage in which one husband & one wife are tied with marital bond.
Example – It is found mainly in modern or complex societies.
- Khasi, Santhal & kadar – due to rules of mating
Features & Reasons
- Family stability & equilibrium are advantage of monogamy
- Economic & population factors in the society tend to limit the number of spouses
- Preferential or prescribed forms of mating limit the no of possible marital linkage e.g Khasi, Santhal & Kadar
- High rate of bride price → limits no of spouse
Types of Monogamy
- Serial Monogamy – It is monogamy characterising the western society
- Consist of pattern of m’age, divorce & another m’age i.e One at a time
- Thus although an Individual is married to only one person a time, over a numbers of year he/she may have had no of spouses
- Non – Serial Monogamy – It refers to life time monogamy
- Mostly in hindu society
