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Title: New Families, No Families?: the Transformation of the American Home
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Goldscheider, Frances Kobrin Waite, Linda J. |
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New Families, No Families?: the Transformation of the American Home Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Men, Young Women Publisher: University of California Press Keyword(s): Divorce; Dual-Career Families; Family Formation; Family Structure; Marriage; Sexual Division of Labor Based on the National Longitudinal Survey data, this 303 page book examines the process of social change, focusing on the effects of marriage and divorce on the family. In the context of the development of egalitarian gender roles, the authors ask whether trends in nonmarriage, nonparenthood, and divorce are leading to a future of "no families" or whether the family can become a sharing partnership thereby forming "new families." The book is a systematic assessment of family patterns that have emerged in the 1970s and 1980s as a result of increased employment of women, divorce, nonfamily living, and declining fertility. Detailed analyses of marriage, parenthood, divorce, the division of household labor, husbands' and children's share in household tasks, and the role of husbands, wives, and children in the domestic economy are provided. Family differences by race, region, and community size are also indicated. In light of broader social and demographic processes that affect the family, future trends, e.g., an increasing number of dual career families and alternative families, are projected. |
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Goldscheider, Frances Kobrin and Linda J. Waite. New Families, No Families?: the Transformation of the American Home. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. |