Entry:

Kain, Edward L., The Myth of Family Decline: Understanding Families in a World of Rapid Social Change. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1990.


Abstract:

Despite much attention to current family problems and rapid change the family currently faces, there is much to suggest that the family is a vital institution that should survive into the future.

GSS Years:

1972, 1984, 1988

Other Data Sets:

Census 1890, 1930; Historical Statistics of the United States 1980, 1984-87

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

MAWORK

MOTHERS EMPLOYMENT SINCE MARRIAGE

MAWKBABY

MOTHERS EMPLOYMENT BEFORE FIRST GRADE

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

DIVORCE

EVER BEEN DIVORCED OR SEPARATED

CHILDS

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

HOMOSEX

HOMOSEXUAL SEX RELATIONS

PREMARSX

SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE

XMARSEX

SEX WITH PERSON OTHER THAN SPOUSE

ABDEFECT

STRONG CHANCE OF SERIOUS DEFECT

ABHLTH

WOMANS HEALTH SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED

ABRAPE

PREGNANT AS RESULT OF RAPE

ABNOMORE

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN

ABPOOR

LOW INCOME--CANT AFFORD MORE CHILDREN

ABSINGLE

NOT MARRIED