standard family unit; model family
Often refers to the prototypical nuclear family of two parents and two children, used in statistics, policy, or idealized representations. Compare with モデル世帯.
See also: モデル世帯
In these statistics, the model family is defined as a married couple with two children.
At the housing exhibition, floor plans aimed at the model family are on display.
Compound of モデル (model) and 家族 (family), likely a calque from English 'model family'.