family size

How many relatives

Family size describes a product packaged in larger quantities intended for households with multiple people, as opposed to individual or single-serving portions: The family size bag of chips feeds a crowd.

The term appears on food packaging, toiletries, and household goods.

Family size can also refer simply to the number of people in a household: Average family size has decreased over the decades.

fertility

birthrate

Newborns per capita measure

reproduction · twins · triplets · quadruplets · IVF · fertility clinic · spacing · one-child policy · contraception · birth control

generations

descendants

Those who come after

cousins · grandchildren · kinfolk · heirs · step-siblings · half-siblings · multigenerational · empty nest · full house

parenting

childcare

Supervision of young ones

bedtimes · homework · activities · responsibilities · caregiving · bonding · hand-me-downs · shared rooms · bunk beds · minivan

economics

income

Regular monetary receipts

consumption · healthcare · education costs · welfare · subsidies · tax credits · child benefit · per capita · cost of living · disposable income

Categories
Opposites
household scale

family sizeindividual

One separate human being

single · solo · nuclear · empty nester · extended

portion/packaging quantity

family sizesingle-serve

Portioned for one

single serving · snack size · travel size · individual portion · sample size

Family

family, size, families, familial, interfamily, family-sized

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