Female-headed families are vulnerable to high levels of stress following divorce. A framework is proposed which conceptually links economic stressors and family management patterns. Ecosystem and management perspectives are offered as an integrated framework. (Author)

Discusses the acceptance and impact of a Costa Rican radio program, "Dialogo," by all segments of the population. The program deals with human sexuality, family planning, and hygiene. (JMF)

Increasing numbers of mothers of young children are entering the labor force, resulting in the emergence of new family lifestyles in the United States and five European countries. Expanded child-care services, cash benefits, and extended leave are helping adults manage both work and family life. (Author/SK)

Israeli female college students participated in a study aimed at assessing women's personal aspirations about self-identity as compared with their perception of mother and father. Results indicate that the mother is perceived as responsible for the concrete stage, while the father symbolizes a further step of development. (Author/CMG)

A sample of the aged derived from the 1900 federal manuscript census reveals that when aged parents and children coresided, the old were more often the heads of houses than their children. Unlike the aged today, they continued to work and to have children at home as they did in middle age. (Author)

Case studies examine men's family situations. Attempts to beat time by working from noon to midnight result in unintended negative consequences for one family. For another, creation of a split-shift family when a wife returns to work brings a father closer to his children and wife. (Author)

Consequences of singlehood are analyzed for never-married persons. Highly-educated older women are most likely to remain single. Family background is not a predictor. Although the never-married find life more exciting than other marital statuses among younger respondents, this reverses in later life. Never-marrieds are also less happy than the…

This paper documents the shift women have made towards more egalitarian sex role attitudes. Younger women, those with more education, those with better educated husbands, and those working at the start of the study, were found to be more likely than others to adopt egalitarian attitudes. (Author/RLV)

Describes and evaluates a simulation game which was developed to help undergraduate students in sociology apply sociological principles to a study of family and marital interactions. Evaluations indicated that most students enjoyed the game and believed they learned sociological principles from their participation. (Author/DB)

Explores the relationship between wife's employment, sex-role traditionalism, and reported division of household tasks and decisions. Findings suggest that despite differences among women in sex-role traditionalism and employment status, most women say that they and their spouses divide tasks in a traditional sex-role fashion. (Author)

Adults living with unrelated adults of the opposite sex are contrasted with married couples living together. Couples living together without marriage are most likely to be residing in large metropolitan areas, and are characterized by relatively low income levels and high unemployment. The increase in adults living with an unrelated person of the…

Explains problems and opportunities facing the educational historian who attempts to incorporate history of childhood and family life into the history of education offerings in faculties of education. (Author/DS)

Studies family interaction and explores the interface of husband-wife and parent-infant interactions. Results suggest that wives have a greater influence on fathering than do husbands on mothering. In some families spousal interaction precludes active involvement in parenting. In others active parental involvement provides for pleasurable spousal…

Sweden's sex-role ideology and policy of counteracting sex-role learning through the schools are described. Correspondence between policy and practice is reported. Parents tended to affirm some non-sex-determined standards, while reinforcing sex-typed behavior more than cross-sex-typed behavior. Most teachers made efforts to counteract sex roles.…

The author outlines several teaching strategies for values education in the family studies classroom. (Author)