Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from March 2003

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from March 2003

A cross-cultural comparison of mate preferences among university students; the United States vs. the People's Republic of China (PRC).
March 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION Research on gender differences in mate preference has developed and flourished over the years (see for example, Buss and Barnes, 1986; Howard, Blumstein, and Schwartz, 1987; Sprecher, Sullivan, and Hatfield, 1994, among...

Perceptions of acceptable mate attributes in Ecuador.
March 22, 2003... Price (1965) explains that trial marriage has been an important first step toward marriage in Andean cultures since the days of the Incas. Premarital relations were common and socially approved of in the highlands of Peru during pre-Columbian...

The social and demographic contours of contemporary grandparenthood: mapping patterns in Canada and the United States *.
March 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION Research in the area of grandparenthood has been steadily growing for over two decades. Cumulatively, this work suggests that grandparenthood is a contingent and complex process which is largely shaped and mediated by...

Age, gender and socioeconomic differences in parental socialization preferences in Guyana.
March 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION Studies of kinship organization and the structural features of family dominate the literature on Caribbean families (Smith, 1956; Clarke, 1966; Smith, 1965; Rubenstein, 1983; Gonzales, 1969; Otterbein, 1965). However, much...

Fatherless Costa Rica: child acknowledgment and support among lone mothers *.
March 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION Costa Rica has a long history, shared with other Latin American countries, of high proportions of unmarried mothers, and children who are not acknowledged by their fathers (Perez Brignoli 1981). The proportion of...

Moments of truth: the experiences of wives in HIV/AIDS affected nuclear households in Mumbai *.
March 22, 2003... Policies of community care in the contemporary world mandate the care for ill and infirm individuals to be the domain of the family. In HIV/AIDS, these policies are promoted by the adoption of the continuum of care model as the globally...

Lifestyle differences in traditionalism and modernity and reasons for divorce among Muslim Palestinian citizens of Israel *.
March 22, 2003... Among other things, the literature has shown that persons' reasons for divorce vary with the norms and possibilities of the societies in which they live. Emotional and expressive reasons, such as lack of love or affection and poor...

Ember, Carol R. and Melvin Ember. Cross-Cultural Research Methods.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... EMBER, Carol R. and Melvin EMBER. CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH METHODS. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press, 2001, 164pp., $18.95 softcover. This volume is intended as a how-to book, where experienced cross-cultural researchers show how to...

Rockquemore, Kerry Ann and David L. Brunsma, Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ROCKQUEMORE, Kerry Ann and David L. BRUNSMA, BEYOND BLACK: Biracial Identity in America. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2002, 179 pp., $29.95 softcover. This informative and provocative text reports valuable exploratory...

Peck, Dennis L. and Norman A. Dolch, eds., Extraordinary Behavior; a Case Study Approach to Understanding Social Problems.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... PECK, Dennis L. and Norman A. DOLCH, eds., EXTRAORDINARY BEHAVIOR; A Case Study Approach to Understanding Social Problems. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Corp., Inc., 2001, 276pp., $24.95 hardcover. This is a major, research-...

Hertz, Rosanna and Nancy L. Marshall, eds., Working Families: The Transformation of the American Home.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... HERTZ, Rosanna and Nancy L. MARSHALL, eds., WORKING FAMILIES: The Transformation of the American Home. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press, 2001, 389pp., $19.95 softcover/$50.00 hardcover. Working Families: The Transformation...

Tax, Meredith, The Rising of the Women: Feminist Solidarity and Class Conflict 1880-1917.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... TAX, Meredith, THE RISING OF THE WOMEN: Feminist Solidarity and Class Conflict 1880-1917. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001, 331pp., $18.95 softcover. The struggle of labor to organize and press for an array of changes in...