Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from June 2008

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from June 2008

Editors' note & Introduction.
June 22, 2008... Three secular processes have shaped the social change of family structures in the 20th century, namely increased material inequality, demographic transition and educational expansion. These processes are largely intertwined and result in...

The Quest for a child of one's own: parents, Markets and Transnational Adoption.(Report)
June 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION The global numbers of transnational adoptions have more than doubled recently compared to the situation at the beginning of the 1990s, when researchers believed that the trend would, on the contrary, be a downward one...

The Significance of cross-border marriage.(Report)
June 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Chinese tradition has viewed the family as the primary societal unit, so that the interests of individuals were generally secondary to those of the family. To extend the family lineage into the future through childbearing,...

The Sociocultural Adaptation of Polish brides in the Netherlands: Marital and Occupational Status.(Report)
June 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Polish Marriage Immigrants in the Netherlands Poland for decades has been a traditional donor country of brides for West Europe. During the era of communism, when translational mobility was very restricted in Central and...

The importance of social context in the formation of the value of Children for Adolescents: social class and rural Urban Differences in Taiwan.(Report)
June 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION In recent years, fertility behavior, parenting and elderly support have received increasing attention in family studies. This is largely due to emergent changes in'the population structure, especially the declining birth rates...

Homemaker or career woman: life course factors and racial influences among middle class Americans.(Report)
June 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Today, the principal theory of marriage and its relationship to gender equality is that women's status has improved and inequality between husbands and wives has declined. The explanation is that marriage in traditional...

HIV and AIDS: are all women equally at risk? Afrikaans Speaking Married Women's Perceptions of Self-Risk.(Report)
June 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Living in South Africa, one is constantly reminded of the reality of HIV and AIDS. Messages on billboards propagate safe sex; parliamentarians debate AIDS policy on live television; people you know die as a result of the...