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Social class and changing families in an unequal America /
American families are far more diverse and complex today than they were 50 years ago. As ideas about marriage, divorce, and remarriage have changed, so too have our understandings about cohabitation, childbearing, parenting, and the transition to adulthood. Americans of all socioeconomic backgrounds...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in social inequality.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : social class and family patterns in the United States / Marcia J. Carlson and Paula England
- Birth control use and early, unintended births : evidence for a class gradient / Paula England, Elizabeth McClintock, and Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer
- Thinking about demographic family difference : fertility differentials in an unequal society / S. Philip Morgan
- Between poor and prosperous : do the family patterns of moderately-educated Americans deserve a closer look? / Andrew J. Cherlin
- Daddy baby, momma maybe : low income urban fathers and the "package deal" of family life / Kathryn Edin, Timothy Nelson, and Joanna Miranda Reed
- Family instability and complexity after a nonmarital birth : outcomes for children in fragile families / Sara McLanahan
- Social class and the transition to adulthood : differences in parents' interactions with institutions / Annette Lareau and Amanda Cox
- Family change, public response : social policy in an era of complex families / Timothy M. Smeeding and Marcia J. Carlson
- The recent transformation of the American family : witnessing and exploring social change / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.