Social protection is very important as far as marginalised and vulnerable people are concerned. Ghana has implemented several social protection programmes over the years, aimed at improving the welfare of Ghanaians. However, these programmes have not been as effective as expected due to some challenges in their implementation and in the national economy. Given the ineffectiveness of the programmes, the role of the extended family in improving the welfare of vulnerable people cannot be overemphasised. Notwithstanding, the extended family system is fading away and losing its importance due to modernisation and the rise in individualism. The study sought, therefore, to justify the need for the preservation of the extended family system. Using 1,688 respondents and employing the binary probit model, the results show that the poor, the aged, single parents, the uneducated, the unemployed and rural residents are more likely to live with their extended family. This implies that the extended family continues to serve as a safety net for the vulnerable in Ghana, hence the need to preserve it.

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为加纳的弱势群体提供安全网：大家庭重要吗？

就边缘化和弱势群体而言，社会保护非常重要。多年来，加纳已实施了多项社会保护计划，旨在改善加纳人的福利。但是，由于其实施和国民经济方面的一些挑战，这些计划没有达到预期的效果。鉴于这些方案的无效性，不能过分强调大家庭在改善弱势群体的福利方面的作用。尽管如此，由于现代化和个人主义的兴起，大家庭制度正在逐渐消失并失去其重要性。因此，该研究试图证明维持大家庭制度的必要性。使用1,688名受访者并采用了二元概率模型，结果表明，穷人，老年人，单亲父母，未受教育的人，失业者和农村居民更可能与大家庭一起生活。这意味着大家庭继续为加纳的弱势群体提供安全网，因此有必要对其进行保护。