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Peer reviewedUhlenberg, Peter; Cooney, Teresa M. – Gerontologist, 1990
Examined effects of family size on mother-child relationships in later life. Subjects were taken from national probability sample which included adults aged 35-55 (n=3,083) who had a living mother and women aged 60-79 (n=1,101) with at least one living child. Found generally positive relationship between number of siblings and favorable…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Family Size, Mothers, Older Adults
Peer reviewedGager, Constance T.; Cooney, Teresa M.; Call, Kathleen Thiede – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999
Longitudinal data collected from teenagers were analyzed for types of household chores the teens perform. The study determined that girls devoted more time to household tasks than boys, while both their efforts were greater in larger families and single-parent families. High school males spent more time on extracurricular and leisure activities,…
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Extracurricular Activities, Family Size, High School Students
