The military experience of Ghana in World War II is examined through interviews with ex-servicemen, officers, and civilians. Data were collected concerning personal experiences, patterns of entry into military service, occupational change resulting from enlistment, changes in family life, war related migration patterns, postwar resettlement, and…

Discusses the concept of law, presenting philosophical bases and historic antecedents. Reviews research studies which illustrate the connections of law to family structure as well as different family and legal issues, including inheritance, marriage contracts and common law, visitation rights, filial responsibility, and child support enforcement.…

Listed are family life education regulations and suggestions which might be helpful in selecting personnel, materials, texts, and curricula for family life education, at the same time avoiding censorship problems. Sample policy statements are included. (KC)

Discusses legal and psychological issues affecting newly married couples and their children by former marriages. Topics include discipline, premarital contracts, legal rights, personal relationships, and complications posed for the new marriage by settlements agreed to in the divorce. (DB)

Home economists must discuss basic survival needs and isolate the unique contribution of home economics to the solution of pervasive social and economic problems. People need an adequate diet, adequate housing and clothing, a healthy environment, and good medical care. Home economics focuses on the family and must concentrate on the problems,…

Projects in Englewood (NJ) are designed to help students examine the impact of society on their feelings, attitudes, and behaviors; to understand themselves and their society; and to instill in them their right to ask questions and gain the knowledge needed to make responsible life decisions. (PN)

Experiential learning is especially important in these times when young people are exposed to a tremendous abundance of information but are denied the stimulation, difficulties, dangers, and richness that used to be an integral part of American family life. (Author/GC)

Examined the marriage relationship in relation to the personality of the partners and the context within which the relationship exists. Results indicated that both the amount of love expressed and the amount of marriage problems declined from the first stages of marriage to the last. (Author/RC)

Census Bureau information on the changing structure of the American family is examined. Discussed are types of households, one-parent families, women as sole financial contributors, working women, one-person households, delayed marriage, and divorce. (CT)

Based on conversations with West Indians residing in England, discusses their lives and their attitudes regarding race relations, violence, education, employment, and the future. (GC)

Presents a bibliographic review essay on Latin American families. The essay is presented in three major categories: (1) the family and enterprise; (2) the family--different regions, time periods, and socioeconomic conditions and (3) family networks. Entries include historical literature and articles in the English language, films, and novels. (DB)

Although the American family is changing, it is not eroding. Women who work are still handling motherhood and household responsibilities and are contributing to the family's economic situation. There still exists a significant sexual division of labor in the home, though changes in sharing responsibility and authority have occurred. (CT)

Reports how an exercise on family history and change was incorporated into a college-level sociology class. Information is presented on how questions were raised in students' minds about the validity of their thinking regarding family life and on how to stress the relevance of the past in understanding the present state and future course of the…

Suggests six analytic areas for dual-career research (marriage type, domestic responsibility, satisfaction, self-image, career salience, and career line); provides questions for a large-scale survey research project; and analyzes scale types. The scales provide useful direction for dual-career family research. (Author)

Runaways have existed throughout American history. It is imperative to develop a context and perspective to understand running away and to formulate responsive and appropriate social policies to address this problem. (Author/NRB)