Summary of types of groups

	Type of group	Basic features	Examples
1	Primary social groups	Face-to-face interaction; informal an personal interaction; Small size; An end in itself Common values, norms and belie system; Feeling of unity	A family; a peer group; a dormitory of students; etc
2	Secondary social groups	Relatively large group size;  impersonal and formal social interaction; a means to an end; bureaucratic structure;	An anti-AIDS club; a university; a hospital; etc
3	Aggregates	A quasi social group; mere physical proximity/ togetherness; lack of unifying features; not functionally integrated	A group of people standing on queues; a group people taking a taxi or a bus; people walking a in busy city street; a group of patients sitting or standing in a waiting room of a hospital, etc
4	Category	Quasi social group; dispersed collectively; members  belonging to similar socio-economic background	All women aged 60 an above; all HIV patients in the world; all rural people in Ethiopia; etc
5	Dyads	A two-person, primary social group;	Husband and wife; a two –person peer group; etc