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9780521009546

How Families Still Matter: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in Two Generations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521009546

  • ISBN10:

    0521009545

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-11-04
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

How Families Still Matter casts doubt on the conventional wisdom about family decline during the last decades of the twentieth century. The authors draw from the longest-running longitudinal study of families in the world - the Longitudinal Study of Generations, conducted at the University of Southern California - to discover whether parents are really less critical in shaping the life choices and achievements of their children than they were a generation ago. They compare the influence of parents (on self-confidence, values, and levels of achievement) on the Baby Boomer generation with that of Baby-Boomer parents on their own Generation-X children. The findings may surprise many readers. Generation-X youth showed higher levels of education, career attainments, and self-esteem than their parents as youth, and similar values were found across generations. They indicate the 'resilience' of family bonds across generations even against the backdrop of massive social and family changes since the 1960s.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
ix
Foreword xiii
Glen H. Elder, Jr.
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Families, Generations, and Achievement Orientations of Youth
1(18)
Models and Methods of Intergenerational Influence
19(20)
The Changing Contexts of Family Life
39(20)
Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Youth Across Generations
59(23)
Self-Esteem: Self-Confidence and Self-Deprecation
82(27)
Value Orientations: Youths' Individualism and Materialism Across Generations
109(25)
Continuity and Change in Family Influences Across Generations
134(21)
Why Families Still Matter
155(14)
Appendix A: Methods and Procedures of the Longitudinal Study of Generations 169(9)
Appendix B: The Longitudinal Study of Generations Survey Instrument 178(9)
References 187(18)
Index 205

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