Social life

The island country's society has a slight patriarchal bias, with men having a slightly higher status than women. However, both men and women participate in economic activities in both rural and urban areas. Rural men have traditionally engaged in fishing and other seafaring activities, as well as labor-intensive agricultural work. Women perform less labor-intensive agricultural tasks, household chores, and childcare. Men sell fish at markets, while women sell local produce. In general, women are paid less than men.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines recognizes three types of conjugal unions: legal marriage, cohabitation without legal marriage, and visiting relationship (where couples stay apart but visit each other). Legal marriages are typically performed late in a couple's life, often after they have had several children together. A significant number of both men and women have multiple partners throughout their lives.

The country's household size is highly adaptable. Extended families, nuclear families, and single-person households are all common. The Vincentians adore children. The entire family is involved in the child's upbringing. Children are usually not named until they are about a month old. It is common practice to bury a newborn's navel-string under a fruit-bearing tree to ensure the child's health and happiness. In the country, education is free but not compulsory. Because there are few skilled employment opportunities on the island, many Vincentians are overeducated. Vincentians are well-known for their generosity. They are willing to go to great lengths to assist those in need. Those things is considered as one of the Unique Cultural Characteristics In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.