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Whitehead, Tony L. – 1976
West Indian family organization has been observed to exhibit relatively greater instances of brittle common law unions, out-of-wedlock births, and female headed households than is the case with other New World populations. Three primary explanations have been given to explain the presence of these patterns: the retention or reinterpretation of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Life, Family Role, Family Structure
