This analysis focuses on the interrelationship between the family and the larger societal totality in order to give a better understanding of the family and to serve as a theoritical basis for the creation of a more realistic social policy. Presented at 13th International Seminar on Family Research, Paris, September 1973. (Author)

The author concludes that while at present many feminists are trying to create a female culture, they would be better advised to aim for power bases instead. (Author)

Research on family and household units based on population data in historical and contemporary demography is briefly reviewed, and three reasons are given for the growing interest in the study of such units. (Author)

The biraderi system of kin relations in Punjab consists of a larger circle of relatives who share a common identity through its name and a more restricted circle determined by competitive gift giving. Functions of this institution are outlined and their implications are traced for a developing country like Pakistan. (Author)

Reviewed 283 data-based articles containing material about Black Americans in the "Journal of Marriage and Family" from 1939-87 using a sociohistorical framework of analysis. Results indicated that focus on the culture-of-poverty thesis has been a prominent and obvious source of distortion in substantive research on Black families in America.…

Studied the circumstances leading to the formation and incidence of families of different types in nine villages of south India. Found that the society had long been characterized by both stem and nuclear families and that there was still little evidence of transition in family type. (LLL)

Examines the socioeconomic determinants of the age at first marriage among women interviewed in a fertility survey of currently married women in Peninsular Malaysia. Substantial differentials in age at first marriage are associated with ethnicity, years of formal schooling, and premarital work experience, and less for social and geographic…

Examined in this review are personal ethics, changes in actual sexual behavior, social and personal factors influencing behavior, impact of sexual relations, and research theory and design. (CJ)

Data from a sample of 66 countries were analyzed to investigate 4 hypothesized societal-level correlates of the divorce rate: socioeconomic development, female labor participation, the sex ratio, and dominant religion. Regression analyses revealed that all factors except religion had a significant effect on the crude divorce rate. Theoretical…

This paper is a contribution to a recent trend in the study of Afro-American behavior and social organization in which the emphasis is on adaptive strategies rather than social pathology. The paper explores the applicability of an adaptive model to an industrializing Jamaican town. (Author)

Examines women's attitudes toward polygyny in the context of transitional urban society in western Nigeria, where almost half of all wives live in polygynous unions. Results show that, although there are differences between wives in monogamous and polygynous unions, there are no clear-cut divisions between the two groups. (Author)

Examined recent trends and future prospects regarding marriage and divorce patterns among women in the United States. Results suggest that first marriage takes place later, more adult women will never marry, divorce has likely peaked, remarriage after divorce is declining, and women representing first 10 years of the baby boom are expected to have…

Analyzes the existing Japanese population data, focusing on changes in the timing of events in a family life cycle of Japanese women. Analysis revealed that the overall pattern of the family career of Japanese women today closely resembles that of their American and Canadian counterparts. (LLL)

Data were collected primarily through participant observation, open-ended interviews and discussions with selected informants. A description is given of the village, occupants, and traditional patterns of mate selection and marriage rituals. The second section deals with changing patterns, those of young village women with postsecondary education…