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Socioeconomic differences in having living parents and children: a U.S.-British comparison of middle-aged women

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Research presented concerns the socioeconomic aspects of middle-aged women in the US and Britain who have their own children and living parents. Findings suggest that for both countries, a greater socioeconomic status is associated with less children or childlessness, and a greater probability of having parents that are living.

Author: Henretta, John C., Grundy, Emily, Harris, Susan
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 2001
United Kingdom, Social economics, Socioeconomics, Middle aged women

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Family environment and adolescents' well-being before and after parents' marital disruption: a longitudinal analysis

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Research presented concerns how marital disruption and divorce impacts adolescents as a continuous process with different phases. Findings suggest that boys and girls from disrupted families tend to show more psychological, academic, and behavioral problems than their peers with parents that remain married.

Author: Sun, Yongmin
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 2001
Teenagers, Youth, Divorce, Children of divorced parents

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Consciously inclusive family research: can we get there from here?

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A response to Katherine Allen's article "A Conscious and Inclusive Family Studies" (2000) is presented, focusing on the methodology of family theory and research. How issues of postmodernism, reflexivity, morality, and objectivity influence family studies are discussed.

Author: Marshall, Sheila K., White, James M.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 2001
Methods, Criticism and interpretation, Social sciences, Social science methods, Postmodernism

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Subjects list: Social aspects, Statistical Data Included, Research, United States, Family
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