Slave families and rural Southern black families afterward were remarkably stable; black women during and after slavery were supportive of their men; man and wife were close to today's ideal of individual strength and development. (Author/KM)

This report discusses data obtained from 123 female respondents living with spouses, averaging 2.6 children under six years of age, in identical apartments in married student housing. The survey, containing some items investigating opportunities for companionship with spouses, focused on time to be together without children and the strategies used…

Past studies linking schooling and career attainment to sibling position (family size, birth order, and spacing) are vulnerable to suspicions about omitted variables. Since they were based on cross sections of individuals from different families, they may have attributed to sibling position an influence belonging to unobserved parental attributes.…

This paper was concerned with the correlation between the extent of a youth self-defined rebellion and 1) perceived parental marital happiness; 2) the restrictiveness-permissiveness of perceived child rearing practices; and 3) perceived division of authority of parents. (Author/RK)

Exceptions to stereotypes of leisure behavior suggest that leisure may be chosen by the participant more than determined by social position. Unconditional, coordinated, and complementary types of leisure are distinguished by orientations toward intrinsic satisfaction or role expectations. (Author)

The author examines differing concepts of time-space and how these influence the way families use their leisure. A typology of family leisure styles is presented offering several normal and pathological alternatives. (Author)

Paper presented to the Ohio Valley Sociological Society at Notre Dame University, May 1967.

The family and the school are important socializing environments throughout adolescence. Using longitudinal data, this report examines the effects on students of varying degrees of participation in school and family life. Degrees of participation include the extent of participation in family decisions, the extent of restriction on activities by…

This is a bibliography of family planning material available from the International Planned Parenthood Cooperative Information Service library and documentation services. Entries are made under the following categories: reference books, biographies, family planning and bio-medical science, social sciences related to family planning, international…

This dissertation is a descriptive study of nine intact black American families. The research focuses on the employed black wife/mother. Based on the cross-cultural approach of the Whiting model for psycho-cultural research which emphasizes the relationship between patterns of childrearing and later personality and postulates that environmental…

This report describes the results of a study of family role structures and family role interaction patterns of U.S. television families appearing during prime time and Saturday morning programs for the 1976-1977 season. The content analysis constitutes a role-by-behavior description of verbal interaction among television families, the coding unit…

The connection between parental alcohol abuse and adolescent life stress, adolescent alcohol abuse and adolescent running away is explored in this study of 907 adolescents ranging in age from 12-17. The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not alcohol abuse and running away can be viewed as a response to, or an escape from stress. It…

IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE DEBATE OF STAFF-TO-FAMILY VS STAFF-TO-MASS RELATIONSHIPS IN FARM EXTENSION WORK, THE 1954 FEDERAL EXTENSION APPROPRIATION BILL AUTHORIZED INCEPTION OF A PERSONAL CONTACT, FAMILY UNIT APPROACH CALLED FARM AND HOME DEVELOPMENT (FHD). THE FHD AGENT WORKED WITH THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE IN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHICH…

This manual is designed to address some of the basic problems of those who work in family planning education, and is based on the recurring questions and concerns of participants in a nationwide series of DHEW-sponsored family planning education and communication workshops. The manual proceeds chronologically, dealing first with the planning of a…