Understanding Families Critical Thinking and Analysis

by Egelman, William

• ISBN13: 9780205352623
• ISBN10: 0205352626
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-02-28
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Understanding Families offers students the opportunity to perform meaningful, hands-on research exercises, using contemporary and historical data on families. Through an interactive workbook format, readers are introduced to a number of interesting issues and research questions, such as the fertility rates of American families, the health and welfare of children in families, and the impact of dual worker parents on family life. Each chapter consists of a brief introduction to a major issue or research question, followed by a research exercise. This book can be used to introduce or reinforce lectures and discussions or as a lab manual for in-class use or homework assignments. Other titles in the ";Critical Thinking and Analysis"; series include: Understanding Social Issues: Critical Thinking and Analysis, Sixth Edition Gai Berlage and William Egelman (2003; ISBN 0-205-35108-5) Understanding Racial and Ethnic Groups: Critical Thinking and Analysis William Egelman (2002; ISBN 0-205-33352-4)

Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction.

1. Is the Family Universal? International Family Comparisons.

2. Whom Do We Marry: Marriage and the Norm of endogamy in the United States.

3. Be Fruitful and Multiply: American Fertility Patterns.

4. Children in America: Child Centered or Child Forgotten.

5. Little Boys and Girls: the Changing Nature of Gender.

6. Divorce: the End of the Affair.

7. Family Violence: Lost Innocence.

8. Singlehood: I'd Rather Not, Thank You Anyway.

9. Cohabitation: A Modern Variation of Marriage?

10. Working Women: Why Aren't They in the Kitchen?

11. Dual-Worker Families: This is Your Life!

12. Single Parenting: I Can't Be in Three Places at the Same Time.

13. The Aged Population: The Emergence of Grandparenting.