The next generation : Jewish children and adolescents / / Ariela Keysar, Barry A. Kosmin, and Jeffrey Scheckner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808746503321
• Autore: Keysar Ariela <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000
• ISBN: 0-7914-9277-X; 0-585-28777-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in American Jewish society in the 1990s
• Altri autori (Persone): KosminBarry A (Barry Alexander); SchecknerJeffrey <1953->
• Disciplina: 305.23
• Soggetti: Jewish children - United States - Social conditions - 20th century; Jewish teenagers - United States - Social conditions - 20th century; Jews - Socialization - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION AND PLAN FOR ANALYSIS""; ""THEORY AND METHODOLOGY""; ""RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION""; ""SOCIALIZATION OF CHILDREN""; ""ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT""; ""ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT""; ""SOCIALIZATION INTO A SUBCULTURE""; ""THE 1990 NJPS SURVEY METHODOLOGY""; ""DEFINITIONS AND QUALIFYING POINTS""; ""THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE JEWISH CHILD POPULATION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""AGE DISTRIBUTION""; ""DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE BY CATEGORY OF JEWISHNESS""""AGE DISTRIBUTION BY CATEGORY OF JEWISHNESS""; ""AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CORE JEWISH CHILD POPULATION IN COMPARISON WITH THE WHITE U.S. CHILD POPULATION""; ""SEX RATIOS OF CORE JEWISH CHILDREN""; ""GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND CATEGORY OF JEWISHNESS BY CENSUS REGION""; ""DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS OF THE JEWISH CHILD POPULATION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""THE IMPACT OF HOME BACKGROUND ON THE SOCIALIZATION OF CHILDREN""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE: COMPARATIVE DATA OF THE JEWISH AND U.; S WHITE CHILD POPULATIONS""; ""JEWISH SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD PATTERNS""""PARENTAL MARRIAGE PATTERNS AND CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS""; ""NON-NORMATIVE HOUSEHOLD PATTERNS""; ""HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AND PER CAPITA INCOME""; ""WORKING MOTHERS AND HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION""; ""EDUCATION OF THE PARENTS""; ""PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC SCHOOLING FOR CHILDREN""; ""PATTERNS OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN""; ""HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AND JEWISH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FAMILY""; ""SUMMARY""; ""PARENTAL DECISION MAKING REGARDING CHILDREN'S RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE JEWISH CHILD POPULATION IN INTERFAITH FAMILIES-THE DATA""""THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK""; ""THE THEORY IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT""; ""DATA""; ""HYPOTHESES""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""FINDINGS""; ""FLOWCHART ANALYSIS OF CHAID RESULTS""; ""MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS""; ""BEYOND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY""; ""SUMMARY""; ""LIVING IN A UNIQUE JEWISH ENVIRONMENT: THE CHILDREN OF NEW YORK""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILDREN OF NEW YORK""; ""THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL JEWISH ENVIRONMENT OF CHILDREN OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""IT TAKES A WHOLE COMMUNITY TO RAISE JEWISH CHILDREN""""INTRODUCTION""; ""DAY-CARE AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS UNDER JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH AUSPICES""; ""ADOPTIVE FAMILIES""; ""PARTICIPATION IN JEWISH CAMPING""; ""PARTICIPATION IN JEWISH YOUTH GROUPS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR U.S. JEWISH CHILDREN""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE POTENTIAL JEWISH CHILD POPULATION IN 1990""; ""ASSUMPTIONS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTION MODEL""; ""PROJECTED CHILD POPULATION: 1995-DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL SCENARIOS""; ""1995 PROJECTION-THE IMPACT OF INTERMARRIAGE""; ""YEAR 2000 PROJECTION-THE IMPACT OF INTERMARRIAGE""
• Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on the more than one million Jewish children and adolescents living in the United States, this book questions the future of the Jewish community's next generation.