This article analyzes a decade of qualitative research to identify and explore an overlooked survival strategy used in low-income families: children's family labor. Defined as physical duties, caregiving, and household management responsibilities, childrens' -- most often girls'-- family labor is posited as a critical source of support where low…

Describes marriage and family in the Soviet Union today. Urges families to have three or more children despite a present trend toward two children per family. Encourages men to make an effort to share housekeeping chores with their wives. Discusses housing shortages, leisure activities, and divorce patterns. Suggests intermarriage as a social and…