Inner-city parents under economic pressure: perspectives on the strategies of parenting

Article Abstract:

The amount of economic pressure has been rising for the last ten years due to socioeconomic trends which made a dent in the middle class. A study of the effect of economic pressure on inner-city families shows that both low income and inadequate work/income factors lead to increased emotional distress and perceived parental inefficiency. African American parents have a positive outlook towards parental efficacy that increases developmental scope for children and reduces behavioral risks. The effect of single-parent households and conflicted marriages are discussed.

Psychological aspects, Economic aspects, Parenting, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Inner cities

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Later marriages or fewer? Changes in the marital behavior of Japanese women

Article Abstract:

Age-specific models of marriage prevalence were computed utilizing pooled cross-sectional data from current censuses and wage surveys to examine whether rapid changes in the marital behavior of Japanese women indicate delayed marriage or an increase in the percentage of those who will remain single. Findings revealed that higher salaries for women, higher educational attainment and recency of cohort are related to lower marital prevalence at ages 30-34 which is in agreement with increasing nonmarriage.

Japan, Demographic aspects, Marriage, Single women

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Perspectives on American kinship in the later 1990s

Article Abstract:

The current status of kinship research in the US is reviewed and factors causing declining interest in the subject are identified.

Kinship

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