Review of NEW FAMILIES, NO FAMILIES? THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AMERICAN HOME, by Frances K. Goldscheider and Linda J. Waite
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- David H. Demo, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The central question of this book, captured succinctly in its clever title, is whether American families are disappearing due to singlehood, childlessness, and divorce ("no families"), or becoming more egalitarian as a result of rapid changes in gender roles, women's increasing participation in the paid labor force, and a more balanced division of domestic labor ("new families"). The issues are important and complex, requiring the authors to perform extensive analyses of data collected over the past three decades. Their ambitious analysis relies on The National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience, specifically the NLS samples of Young Men and Young Women (aged 14 to 24) and Mature Women (aged 30 to 44), interviewed from the late 1960s through the mid-1980s.
Review of NEW FAMILIES, NO FAMILIES? THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AMERICAN HOME, by Frances K. Goldscheider and Linda J. Waite
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Marriage and Family, 54, 464-465.
- Language: English
- Date: 1992
- Keywords
- Book review, Family transition, Gender roles