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Campbell, Frederick L. – J Marriage Fam, 1970
This study deals with the relationship between number and spacing of children and family role structure as measured by decision making and household task performance. Data on childbearing patterns and family role structure indicate that family size, spacing between marriage and first birth, and spacing between first and last birth are all related…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life, Family Structure
Bartz, Karen Winch; Nye, F. Ivan – J Marriage Fam, 1970
Consequences of early marriage are reviewed and stated as three propositions involving social class placement following marriage, divorce rate, and negative affect. Three derived propositions are obtained from these. Theoretical family propositions are related to exchange theory and shown to be special cases of it. Presented at American…
Descriptors: Age, Family (Sociological Unit), Marital Instability, Marriage
Renne, Karen S. – J Marriage Fam, 1970
Findings suggest that unhappy marriage is a disability, analogous to minority race, economic deprivation or physical illness. (Author)
Descriptors: Family Life, Family Problems, Marital Instability, Marriage
Sprey, Jetse – J Marriage Fam, 1969
Discusses conventional treatment of family harmony and conflict in a consensus-equilibrium framework, suggests as more fruitful approach view of family as a system in conflict. Briefly outlines premises underlying such a frame of reference and explores its implications for study of family. Revision of paper presented at Ohio Valley Sociological…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Conflict, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Problems
Crockett, Harry J. – J Marriage Fam, 1969
Revised version of a paper read at the Southern Sociological Society meeting, in Miami, Florida, spring, 1968.
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
