Comparative family and fertility research / / edited by H. Yuan Tien and Frank D. Bean.

• Superior document: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; Volume XVII
• Author: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Tien, H. Yuan,; Bean, Frank D.,; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : E. J. Brill,, [1974]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 1974
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; Volume XVII.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- I. INTRODUCTION -- Comparative Perspectives on Family and Fertility: An Introductory Overview -- II. FAMILY STRUCTURE AND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR -- Changing Roles of Women, Family Dynamics, and Fertility -- Conjugal Interaction and Fertility Behavior: Some Conceptual Problems in Research -- Sex Role, Family Structure and Fertility in the United States and India -- Discussion -- III. ISSUES IN COMPARATIVE FAMILY RESEARCH -- Comparative Family Research: A Nine-Nation Study -- Dominant Dyads in Hindu and Confucian Families: The Uneasy Case Relating Unconscious Masculinity and Pragmatism -- Theory and Method in Historical Sociology: Household and Family Structure-London 1851 -- Discussion -- IV. STRATEGIES IN COMPARATIVE FERTILITY RESEARCH -- Children versus Fertility: A Social Revision of Demographic Approaches -- Minority Group Status and Fertility: The Irish -- Components of Income and Expected Family Size Among Mexican Americans -- Discussion -- V. NEEDED RESEARCH IN COMPARATIVE FAMILY AND FERTILITY STUDIES -- Synopses: -- A. Murray Gendell -- B. Moni Nag -- C. Constatin Safilios-Rothschild -- D. Harriet Presser -- E. Thomas Burch -- Conference participants -- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIA ANTHROPOLOGY.