1 Introduction –
2 The setting –
Part I: network of relationships. –
3 Notion of kinship –
4 Kinship structure –
5 Family and household –
6 Family and household –
Part II: life cycles. –
7 The child in society –
8 Pregnancy and childbirth –
9 Infancy and childhood –
10 Puberty and adolescence –
11 Courtship and marriage –
12 Death and burial –
Part III. Conclusions. –
13 Shared similarities –
14 Basic postulates.

"The present volume is about the Filipino traditional kinship and family organization. It addresses the following questions:
- is it possible to speak of a generalized Filipino kinship and family organization?
- or, is it too risky, as most critics advise us, to make such generalization because of the geographical distances and dialect differences among the ethnolinguistic groups constituting the Filipino social system?
this study documents the stand we have on these questions."
- The Author