Examines the extent of intermarriage between racial, occupational, age, prior-marital-status, and residential groups in Hawaii from 1950 to 1983. Evidence suggests increases in the extent of intermarriage. Blau's hypotheses concerning structural constraints as determinants of intermarriage are tested. (Author/ABL)

The "frontier atmosphere" explanation of high divorce rates in western areas of the United States was partially vindicated when comparisons were made between divorce rates in states having high migration rates and lower social costs with those states having low migration rates and higher social costs. (Author/CG)

This paper attempts to specify ways in which the modern family in the United States differs from its historical predecessor through a distinction between the public and private character of social institutions. (Author)

Compared childrearing practices used by Mexican-American parents of first-, second-, and third-generation adolescents. Findings from 317 parents revealed significant generational differences in childrearing styles. Parents of first- and second-generation adolescents reported more responsibility-oriented childrearing style, whereas parents of…

Three interrelated aspects of fertility were investigated: existence of childbearing norms; strength of reinforcing social sanctions; and influence of social structural factors on incorporation of norms. Findings based on questionnaire data from 84 parent and nonparent couples were examined to evaluate utility of normative versus structural…

Examined the hypothesis that the higher the divorce rate, the more likely that unhappy couples will terminate their marriages. Shows that when type of sample, dependent measure, and method of analysis are held constant, the increased divorce rate is not an important factor in explaining marital satisfaction. (Author)

Findings support the pattern of independent, additive effects of individual family stressors. There was no evidence that the effects of poor parenting, overt interparental conflict, and family economic hardship exacerbate one another, or that the converse serve as buffers. This model explains more variance in externalizing problem behavior for…

Examined the impact of a variety of causal factors--economic, social, familial, and dyadic--on ethnoreligious marriages over 50 years in an Illinois agricultural community. Indicated that economic and social factors were more powerful influences in mate selection than is evident in much of the current research on premarital relationships.…

This study argues against assumptions that family patterns in socialist countries are uniform. The social structure of these societies and of their elements is much more complex than it is often supposed in the West. (Author)

This paper contains an exposition of the types of family statistics derived and published annually from the Current Population Survey of the Bureau of the Census. The authors discuss the Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) in terms of its relevancy and value to sociologists interested in the field of family studies. (Author)

Examined the relationship between adjustment and conventionalization both in terms of idealization of the spouse and in terms of the response format employed in measures of conventionalization. Results, based upon questionnaire responses from 365 married individuals, found these explanations to be inadequate. Suggests conventionalization and…

Analysis indicates qualities of the interpersonal relationship of the adolescent dyad are consistently associated with exposure to pregnancy risk. Certain qualities have a counterbalancing influence on pregnancy risk in that they are positively related to the frequency of sexual intercourse while being positively related to regularity of effective…

Examines differentials in divorce rates in Canada. Provinces with higher population turnover are characterized by lower degrees of social integration and lower social costs attached to divorce, reflected in higher divorce rates. The hypothesis that divorce rates are higher where more economic opportunities are available for women is explored.…

Two consecutive and partially overlapping panels measured both maturational and societal changes in the attitudinal and behavioral bases of a double/single-standard of premarital sexual permissiveness. In regard to behavior, both panels consistently moved toward more permissive behavior-maturational effect. (Author)

As adoptions have increased, they have become less concentrated among women unable to bear children, although these women are still more likely to adopt than are fertile women. About 4 percent of American women have adopted a child by the time they are 45 years old. (Author)