Questionnaires completed by 2,511 secondary school students in Netherlands revealed that only children (N=280) did not appear to be less happy than children with siblings, nor was their global self-esteem any lower. Only children felt less proficient at sports, but did not consider themselves better in school or less popular among peers than did…

The literature is reviewed on sibling relationships involving a child who is handicapped. An analysis of interaction patterns for nonhandicapped children is also provided. Factors contributing to a sibling's adjustment include family size, socioeconomic status, and characteristics of the child who is handicapped. Potential instructional roles of…

Examined correlates of job-family strain in 160 Canadian employed single mothers with preschoolers. Strain was positively related to hours worked, number of children, and child's age and negatively associated with more positive attitudes to work and higher work satisfaction. Child care variables were not associated with strain. (Author/NB)

Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth's 1986 Mother-Child Supplement data, focused on 795 employed mothers with 3- to 6-year-old child. Results showed that occupational complexity of mother's work positively affected home environments; larger family size produced less optimal child environments; and mothers' self-esteem, locus of control,…

Longitudinal survey data from eight primarily rural regions of China and in-depth interviews suggest that the one-child policy, in so far as it limits couples to one or two children, leads to greater parent involvement in child care. Additional effects of policy vary by children's gender. (Contains 65 references.) (Author/SV)

Based on qualitative information from in-depth interviews and quantitative data from a survey of 425 adoptive families conducted in summer 2001 in rural China, this study attempts to explain the social and demographic patterns of adoption and investigate the roles of the State and families in adoption processes in contemporary rural China. Within…

This study will address the initial question: Are there ethnic differences in parenting that remain when contextual variables are controlled "and" are related to culture, focusing on two samples of rural African American families. This study is part of a series of coordinated studies presented in this special issue (Le et al., 2008).…

The relationship between women's status--defined in terms of the degree to which they are economically dependent on men--and fertility in developing nations is examined. After a brief introduction, part 2 discusses a particular theoretical perspective regarding fertility determinants in developing countries and explores the implications of women's…

The present study involved a meta-analysis of 157 studies in which only children were compared with individuals raised with siblings. Findings failed to confirm the persistent negative stereotype of only children as maladjusted and disadvantaged. In fact, results suggested that only children are advantaged with respect to intelligence, educational…

The interdependence of home and work lives is especially salient among women workers as a result of their greater family responsibilities. To examine the relationship between occupational status, marital status, and number of children among working women, a telephone survey of 1,232 Los Angeles adults (827 females, 405 males) was conducted. An…

In this paper significant demographic trends in the United States are described and anlyzed in relation to their implications for education. Focus is placed on six major trends. (1) The United States is moving toward zero population growth, and the long term prospect for school enrollment is for decline. (2) The age structure of the population is…

Lists 17 ERIC database references selected from 1983-84 issues of "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education," which indicate breadth of coverage on topic of one-parent family. Divorce, single fathers, working mothers, single-parent students, and day care are covered. Availability and purchasing…

Examined maternal employment from perspective of child, using data from 1960, 1970, and 1980 Public Use Samples of United States Census. Results showed that most important factors determining probability of preschool child having employed mother were number of preschool siblings; child's age; mother's education level, age, and marital status; and…

Examination of decennial federal census manuscript returns from 1900 reveals that ethnicity, class, and family size were important determinants of who went to school and who did not. Ethnicity was a particularly critical variable for female education, and economic class was the most important determinant of male education. (BJV)

Data from the 1970 Brazilian Census are used to explore the effects of parents' investments in their children's education on the pattern of future income distribution and on the intergenerational transmission of inequality, using a simulation model. Appended are 21 references. (Author)