Examined intrafamilial conflict among 18 cohabitants residing with electronically monitored felony probationers and parolees. Findings suggest that greater attention be paid to offender household and related issues by professionals supervising offenders. Results suggest greater likelihood of more intrafamilial conflict within larger households.…

The emergence of the "education investment and consumption" concept is an inevitable product of the development of China's socialist market economy. In this article, the author discusses the reasons for the emergence of the education investment and consumption concept: (1) a growing focus on the individual in the national income…

Over past decades, the demographics of the United States have changed markedly. The proportions of married and single people are changing; so too are the nature and functions of marriage and the family. However, people who are single, and perspectives not based on conventional marriage, remain underrepresented or misrepresented in scholarship and…

This pilot study assessed the levels of stress of 90 refugee children aged 7 to 12 years. The countries of origin were El Salvador and Nicaragua; the countries of asylum were Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Parents and teachers assessed each child by means of a questionnaire. Parents completed a second questionnaire which contributed…

As couples choose to have fewer children, to have their first child later in their adult life, or to remain childfree, there is growing interest in the antecedents of these fertility choices. To examine the hypothesis that couples who choose to remain childfree have less traditional sex-role orientations than couples who choose to become parents…

This report, which is designed to develop a clearer perception of the characteristics of single parents in North Dakota, describes single men and women who lived with their children but without a spouse in 1970 and in 1980. The parents' gender, marital status, race, age, income, poverty status; the number of children with whom they lived; and the…

Investigated incidence of, and factors associated with, marriage and separation/divorce in welfare recipients. Race significantly affected probability of marriage; young child in the household and wife's employment status correlated with marital dissolution. Changes in welfare benefits, number of public assistance programs received, and length of…

Examined job and family correlates of family role strain for 51 employed Black women. Job autonomy and demands and family size significantly predicted strain. Number of hours worked per week related only to difficulty completing household chores. Nonmarried women reported no higher levels of strain than married ones. (WAS)

Discusses the research debate over the question whether intelligence diminishes as a function of birth order. Presents a study of Zimbabwean children confirming the general downward trend of intelligence as a function of birth order. Addresses the influence of family size. (DB)

In a study of 1,000 New Zealand children from birth to 10 years, risks of family breakdown were found to vary inversely to the number of preschool children in the family. These results persisted when many fixed and time-dependent variates were controlled, suggesting that the presence of preschool children reduces risks of family breakdown.…

Used data from 1985 United States Current Population Survey to examine trends and sociodemographic differentials in child spacing. Concluded that younger women were less likely to experience short birth intervals and that sociodemographic differentials in spacing have been reduced in past years. Findings are likely due to increases in effective…

Identifies issues that seem important in counseling with Navajo clients. Notes that some issues may also be appropriate to nonreservation Native Americans, especially those whose roots are tied to the reservation. Discusses size and characteristics of the Navajo family, language, and dominant culture conflicts. Implications and applications for…

Responses to a questionnaire completed by 800 male and female high school students in southern California supported the hypothesis that increased family size contributes to delinquent behavior, especially for females. Parental influence in large families is often diluted. Children of large families are more influenced by peers. (DM)

Examines the effects of family size and sibling position on children's current school enrollment status in the Philippines. The results indicate the existence of negative effects of fertility on school enrollment. These effects differ according to the sibling position of the child. (AIM)

Analysis of Canadian census data (1986-91) for 15 ethnic groups found the following: (1) the average educational attainment of a man's ethnic group was positively correlated with his returns to education; (2) lower fertility in one generation was associated with higher educational outcomes in the next; and (3) economic mobility at the ethnic group…