This paper examines the relationship between the extent of shared participation of husbands and wives in leisure activities and the extent of communication and task sharing in the marriage. Because marriage is an interactional system and leisure activities vary in their interactional requirements, a theory is proposed linking leisure activity…

The early 1970's was a period of rapid decline for all fertility indicators in the United States. This paper explores some of the reasons for this decline. Data from a National longitudinal survey of young women are used to examine changes in expectations for lifetime births from 1971 to 1973. These young women decreased their birth expectations…

Remarks in this article were made as part of a panel discussion presented at the Planned Parenthood-World Population combined Southeast Council and National Board Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, in May 1970. The problems and consequences of an increasing birth rate are indicated along with the need for reducing present rates of population growth and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11 and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Health education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide begins with an introduction followed by two main sections: 1) Growing into Maturity in a Changing World, with four units (Understanding Behavior, Environmental Factors in Satisfying Needs, Some Behavioral Responses to Needs, and The…

A strongly positive opinion of spouse in middle age tends to be associated with social conformity and family integration. Mutually approving couples were more often politically moderate, homogamous in religious background, and had more interpersonal power than their children. They also had more highly integrated family structures with low conflict…

Patterns of relationships among the variables of pregnancy status at marriage, marital dissolution probabilities, residence and migration status, and race were ascertained. The data source was the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity, a large national probability sample expanded to U.S. population parameters. Relationships among these variables…

The objective of this paper was to develop a broad, systematic conceptual framework for studying psychological and biological based disabilities of individual family members as attributes of the family unit and to direct attention to potentially useful research on the causes and social consequences of family disability. A research review…

Papers from the meetings of the Rural Sociology Section of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers held in Atlanta, Georgia (February 1973) are presented in this volume. Papers are arranged in the order in which they were given. Major topics include demography, human resources, youth, family, community and community development, rural…

The testing of theoretical propositions concerning homogeneity and isolation in rural communities was examined in terms of community size. The 1,100 male adult respondents in West Virginia were chosen through a cluster stratified sample. Sampling strata were based on size of community, region of the state, and socioeconomic status. Data were…

This report contains the processings of three days of subcommittee hearings examining the influence that governmental policies have on American families. In order to look at the pressures and trends affecting American families, the hearings studied governmental policies in areas such as work, institutionalization, mobility, taxes, welfare,…

The educational needs of all women in the United States were studied. Educational opportunities for the mature women fall very short of the need. The committee therefore recommends that: (1) a large-scale effort be made to provide a system of elementary and secondary education for adults, with regard for the special needs of women and for the life…

As a monthly classified review of literature, this annotated bibliography offers a selection of books and articles recently received by the Katharine Dexter McCormick Library relative to family planning in the United States. Divided into two parts, the first contains book reviews from a variety of sources. They cover the subjects fund raising,…

These standards apply to services for unmarried parents, provided through organized social agencies and supported by voluntary contributions and allocation of tax funds. The standards are considered to be the best practices in providing service for children born outside of marraige and for their parents. Discussions are provided of the following:…

The legal status of sex education in the public schools in the United States as it existed at the close of the 1971-72 school year was investigated. The investigation included surveys, analyses, and interpretations of statutes, significant rules and regulations of state departments of education, and court holdings as they applied specifically to…

The procedures used in a study to determine how well a group of American Indian college students understood their traditional and modern cultures and a college Caucasian culture were explained in this paper. The sample consisted of 111 Indian students enrolled in the University of New Mexico. The students were tested in the areas of knowledge of…