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
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| 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 |