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The family is the major social unit for the Yalunka.

But now they were part of a social unit, something was happening.

Now members of a social unit may be scattered around the globe.

Individuals rarely, if ever, join or leave a social unit.

There is a huge variance in the size of social units.

The basic social unit of this species is a mother and her offspring.

The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household.

Although much influence is placed on the individual, the family remains the most important social unit in Britain.

The basic social unit is, uh, a sort of family.

In this sense they are local social units larger than households not directly under the control of city or state officials.