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Minority Families

Minority Families. Research Issues And Important Questions. Upper Class Families Key Interest: Preserving privilege and fortune Middle Class Families Key Interest: Achieving respectibility Lower Class Families Key Interest: Survival. Big Issues Framing Our Interest.

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Minority Families

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  1. Minority Families Research Issues And Important Questions

  2. Upper Class Families • Key Interest: Preserving privilege and fortune • Middle Class Families • Key Interest: Achieving respectibility • Lower Class Families • Key Interest: Survival Big Issues Framing Our Interest Is It Race Or Class That Affects Outcomes?

  3. Marriage-Based Networks • Female Networks • Extended Kin Networks Big Issues Framing Our Interest What Parts Do Kinship Networks Play?

  4. What happened to all the families with 12 children? • High fertility rates Southern rural Blacks, Native Americans, Mexican Americans • Moderate fertility rates Southern urban Blacks, Blacks outside of the south • Low fertility rates Japanese and Chinese Americans • Difference between fertility and fecundity Big Issues Framing Our Interest Are There Differences In Fertility Rates?

  5. The Marriage Squeeze • Single-parent families • Hypogamy • “Too Few Men” • Extended Families • Female Networks And The Problem Of Migration • “Fathers” vs “Daddies” • Childrearing Practices • Corporal Punishment Black Families

  6. “Familism” • Collectivity • Consensual Unions • Gender Norms • “Machismo” • Feminine Virtues • Extended Families • “Grandfamilies” • Kinship Networks And The Problem Of Public Services Latino Families

  7. “Eastern” (Confucian) Values • Collectivity • Respect For Elders • “Obligation” • Marriage & Family Disruptions • Parental Involvement In Dating • Divorce & Out-of-Wedlock Births • Childrearing Practices • Consolidated Investments • Power of Shame and Guilt • Permissiveness Asian Families

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