Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from September 2001

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from September 2001

Immigrant and ethnic minority families: An introduction.(Abstract)
September 22, 2001... ********** Bernhard Nauck (*) Barbara H. Settles (**) Traditional migration research has focused on two levels of analysis: The analytical level of the individual and the level of society in total. On the societal level, it tried...

Social capital, intergenerational transmission and intercultural contact in immigrant families.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... ********** Bernhard Nauck (**) POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF INTERCULTURAL CONTACT WITHIN THE MIGRATION PROCESS Since the development of the concept of the "race-relation-cycles" in the sociology of migration during the 1930s and 1940s,...

Intergenerational transmission in Turkish immigrant families: Parental collectivism, achievement values and gender differences.
September 22, 2001... Karen Phalet (**) Ute Schonpflug (***) INTRODUCTION Although cultural persistence is essentially a question of transmission (Cavalli-Sforza and Feldman, 1981), cultural transmission is not and cannot be complete. Rather, culture...

Intergenerational transmission and integration of repatriate families from the former Soviet Union in Germany.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Anja Steinbach (*) INTRODUTION The main objective of this empirical research is the analysis of intergenerational transmission and integration of repatriate families from the former Soviet Union in Germany. The subject of...

Living in migration in Austria.(immigrant housing)(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Rudolf Richter (*) Johannes Pflegerl (**) INTRODUCTION Migration is a specific biographical experience, which can lead to the development of a specific lifestyle, considering lifestyle as a form of a subculture with certain...

The impact of labor migration on African families in South Africa: Yesterday and today.
September 22, 2001... Ria Smit (*) INTRODUCTION In debating the issues related to families in general, and African families in particular, family sociologists have two general points of view: the first being an alarmist view, according to which both the...

Kinship ties of Mexican migrant women on the United States/Mexico border.
September 22, 2001... Elena Bastida (**) INTRODUCTION Contemporary and historical studies of migration to industrialized nations have focused increasingly on the concept of social networks or social ties. In particular, kinship systems and the various types...

Migration and old age: Japanese women growing older in British society.
September 22, 2001... Misa Izuhara (*) Hiroshi Shibata (**) INTRODUCTION The role of women in global migratory movements has been increasingly recognized in recent years. Apart from 'conventional migration' dominated by male and family as a unit, some...

Effects of migration, ethnicity, and religiosity on cohabitation.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Ruth Katz (*) INTRODUCTION Many Western countries face declining marriage rates associated with an increase in cohabitation. A larger proportion of men and women are living together either as a prelude to marriage, between marriages,...

Migrants, partner selection and integration: Crossing borders?(Turks and Moroccans in Netherlands)(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Erna Hooghiemstra (*) INTRODUCTION Every year thousands of newly wed Turks and Moroccans migrate to the Netherlands to live with their partner. It is rather unexpected that marriage migration takes place at such a rate. Migration was...

Being at home in a global society: A model for families' mobility and immigration decisions.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... ********** Barbara H. Settles (*) CONCEPT AND/OR REALITY OF HOME Home as a concept has several dimensions and aspects of theoretical importance. From a family and individual perspective "being at home" can mean a variety of...