Multiple regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between adolescent educational expectations and perceived maternal and paternal educational goals for offspring. The statistical effect of perceived maternal goals was 50 percent greater than that of perceived paternal goals, indicating the importance of differentiating between…

Used data on 65 mother-infant dyads to test Kohn's hypothesis concerning the relation between values and parenting behavior. Findings support Kohn's hypothesis that parents who value self-direction would emphasize supportive function of parenting and parents who value conformity would emphasize their obligations to impose restraints. (Author/NB)

Studies attitudes toward childlessness using questions commissioned on a Gallup survey of voting-age adults in 1977. They regard offspring as socially instrumental. Nonparenthood is a disadvantaged status. Men regard childlessness as disadvantageous significantly more often than women. Less advantaged groups regard reproduction as a social…

This paper attempts to integrate empirical research results pertaining to benefits parents may derive from their children in enhancing or maintaining their social status. A model of a two-way flow of such help throughout the family cycle is offered and special attention is given to the differences between socioeconomic groups. (Author)

Surveyed 291 mother-child and 221 father-child dyads to examine adolescent perceptions of parental educational goals. Results showed family size and student's age had no effect, but birth order and sibling sex composition interact with sex of the parent and the adolescent in effects on accuracy of perception. (JAC)

Examined and compared the perceptions of parenthood by 127 rural and 145 urban couples in relation to 4 dependent variables of child development (physical, intellectual, social, and emotional), using a Q-sort methodology. Rural parents emphasized intellectual and emotional development significantly more than did urban parents, and emphasized…

Compared the amount of resources (time and money) families (N=235) devoted to pursuing interpersonal relationships and income-generating activities in an affluent society (U.S.) to a less affluent but rapidly developing society (Mexico). Results showed that the U.S. sample invested less resources pursuing material payoffs than did the Mexican…