The Family Kech
The district has a predominant tradition of joint families. Male siblings reside in one household even after marriage. However, some nuclear families also exist. New life styles have motivated people towards a nuclear family system, but sometimes economic compromises and sometimes cultural values restrain them from adopting this type of family system. If brothers are employed abroad, it becomes a moral and cultural obligation of the brothers staying at home to live in a joint family and look after the families of brothers abroad. If parents are old, then also it is considered duty of the children to look after them.
The family ties are still good and relatively less materialistic. The family plays its role of social control very effectively by means of socialisation. As a social institution, the family is very strong. In Kech the family pattern is patriarchal and patrilocal in most cases.