Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from September 2006

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from September 2006

Editor's note.
September 22, 2006... This special issue "Families in the Third World Countries" was delayed due to the difficulty in getting the final copies of the articles. We are also reprinting two articles in view of the printing errors in earlier publication. My sincere...

Evolution and contemporary social transformations in families.
September 22, 2006... Family as a Means of Adapting Needs from Species Reproduction to Needs of Society In a recent work we pointed out that relationship between family and society has not always been clearly presented to a social analysis since its usual...

Changes and inequality in Latin American families.
September 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION People place great trust in family, seeing it as the first resort institution in times of hardship or crisis. Family has been described as "a field of action where the most basic dimensions of human security are defined: the...

Brazilian and immigrant families in Sao Paulo city: education and work.
September 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION The objective of this paper is to compare practices and representations related to education and work of Brazilian families and Portuguese immigrant families living in Sao Paulo in the first half of the 20th century. This text...

The ways of adaptation and allocation work time from Russian households in the period of crisis.
September 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION The most vexed problem in Russia in the decade (1991-2001) became a reduction of real money incomes and an increased inequality. Households had to make a choice of labor application (market work (1), non-market work,...

The elderly and family change in Asia with a focus in Iran: a sociological assessment.
September 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION The elderly as an outcome of ageing is, at this time, a world--widephenomenon, rapidly being affected in different regions, at different levels ofintensity, with far-reaching consequences. This paper has found out how family...

Families in Iran: changes, challenges and future.
September 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION Family, as an institute, together with religion and politics, has always been a building block of Iranian society. Even considering the institutional development in Iran since the beginning of the 20th century, the three...

Publications received.
September 22, 2006... Raz, Aviad E., THE GENE AND THE GENIE: Tradition, Medicalization and Genetic counseling in a Bedouin Community in Israel. North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press. 2005,192 pp. Paperback $25.00. Bengtson, Vern L., Acock Alan, C., Allen,...

Errata.(Correction notice)
September 22, 2006... Gender Differences in Gender-Role Attitudes: A Comparative Analysis of Taiwan and Coastal China Previous studies have demonstrated that women are more likely than men to support egalitarian gender-role attitudes (Brewster and Padavic 2000;...