Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from January 2002

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from January 2002

Editor's note.(Editorial)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... We are now in our 31st year of publishing the Journal of Comparative Family Studies and have been able to provide a unique contribution to cross-cultural family studies. We are very pleased at the continued interest and support we receive...

Structural and personal contexts of discipline orientations of Guyanese parents: Theoretic and empirical considerations (*).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS Several theoretical perspectives inform the variation of parental discipline styles. Among the more important are the psychoanalytical, role and symbolic interaction theories, learning, bio-sociological,...

A demographic analysis of family households in China, 1982-1995 (*).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION Since 1982, when the third modem Chinese census was conducted (1), socioeconomic development level and people's living standards in China have increased rapidly. Under the tremendously changed social and economic environment,...

Consensual unions in Latin America: Persistence of a dual nuptiality system (*).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION Family formation patterns have undergone significant transformations in the past decades. Among recent trends, the rise in cohabitation has attracted particular attention in the demographic and sociological literature (Bumpass...

Effects of ethnicity on the onset of parenthood in a developing country: Some evidence from the early 1990s (*).(Ghana)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... BACKGROUND Much has been written about the reproductive-related behavior of women in the sub-Saharan African region (Caldwell, 1982; Caldwell and Caldwell, 1987; Lesthaeghe et al., 1989; Dodoo, 1998; Addai, 1999). In general, findings from...

"Chaemyoun-saving (face saving)" due to Korean job loss: Listening to men's voices (*).
January 1, 2002... Job loss is one of the most significant stressors affecting family life. Most research studies in the United States and Europe confirm that job loss is linked with a variety of symptoms of psychological distress, including feelings of...

Working women/cloistered men: a family development approach to marriage arrangements among ultra-Orthodox Jews (*).
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION Women's labor force participation has been increasing both in the United States (Wilkie, 1991) and elsewhere (Richter, 1994; Meleis and Bernal, 1995; Mehra et al., 1996) as they take additional responsibility for the support...

Factors affecting birth spacing among the agrarian families in a north Jordanian village.
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION Birth spacing, the time period between subsequent births, has received great attention by both anthropologists and sociologists for a number of reasons; from an empirical standpoint, it can affect the rate of growth of a...

Daughters and wives as informal care givers of the chronically ill elderly in Trinidad (*).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION Caribbean societies are having to take cognisance of a relatively new reality. This reality is the existence of a fairly large number of older people in their midst. Some of these older people are employed, active and able,...

Family in the Caribbean: Themes and Perspectives.
January 1, 2002... BARROW, Christine, FAMILY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Themes and Perspectives. Toronto, Ontario: Irwin Publishing, 1999, 472pp., $24.95 softcover. (Book reviews) The past decade has witnessed a rash of scholarship on family in the Caribbean....

Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice.
January 1, 2002... DELGADO, Melvin, ed., LATINO ELDERS AND THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice. New York, NY: Haworth Press, Inc., 1998, 207pp., $49.95 hardcover. This collection of articles,...

Generation in Jeopardy: Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
January 1, 2002... ZOUEV, Alexandre, ed., GENERATION IN JEOPARDY: Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Annonk, NY: ME. Sharpe, 1998,206 pp., $42.95 hardcover/$19.95 softcover. For one more familiar with literature on "at-risk"...

Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success.
January 1, 2002... FURSTENBERG, Frank F. Jr., Thomas D. COOK, Jacquelynne ECCLES, Glen H. ELDER, Jr., and Arnold SAMEROFF, MANAGING TO MAKE IT: Urban Families and Adolescent Success. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1999, 305 pp., $32.50...

Reflections on Anger: Women and Men in a Changing Society.
January 1, 2002... REISER, Christa, REFLECTIONS ON ANGER: Women and Men in a Changing Society. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999, l56pp., $55.00 hardcover. Reflections on Anger by Christa Reiser-is a clear and articulate analysis of gender differences in...

Muslims in the Diaspora: The Somali Communities of London and Toronto.
January 1, 2002... McGOWN, Rima Berns, MUSLIMS IN THE DIASPORA: The Somali Communities of London and Toronto. Toronto, Ontario: Toronto University Press, 1999, 302 pp., $60.00 hardcover/$24.95 softcover. Rima Berns McGown's book explores the dilemmas and...

White, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Restoring Women to History. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2002... BERGER, Iris and E. Frances WHITE, WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Restoring Women to History. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999,168 pp., $25.00 hardcover /$12.95 softcover. This volume is the second phase of a larger project...

Beyond Gender Differences: Adaptation to Again in Life Course Perspective. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2002... HATCH, Laurie Russell, BEYOND GENDER DIFFERENCES: Adaptation to Again in Life Course Perspective. Amityville, NY: Baywood Press, 2000, 268 pp., $44.00 hardcover. Interest in how we adapt to aging is a relatively new area of inquiry....

Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2002... PARENS, Erik and Adrienne ASCH, eds., PRENATAL TESTING AND DISABILITY RIGHTS. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000, 371 pp., $65.00 hardcover/$23.95 softcover. Normative obstetrical care in the United States now includes...