02641nam 2200601Ia 450 991082794550332120200520144314.00-7619-2008-01-322-30709-11-4522-6449-X(CKB)2550000000105694(EBL)996961(OCoLC)809773692(SSID)ssj0000675478(PQKBManifestationID)12256803(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675478(PQKBWorkID)10669426(PQKB)10243602(MiAaPQ)EBC996961(OCoLC)1007861243(StDuBDS)EDZ0000062076(EXLCZ)99255000000010569420010608d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrContinuity & change in the American family /Lynne M. Casper, Suzanne M. Bianchi1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publicationsc20021 online resource (xxxv, 370 p.) illDescription based upon print version of record.1-4522-3387-X 0-7619-2009-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-350) and index.COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 - CHANGING FAMILIES IN A CHANGING SOCIETY; 2 - COHABITATION; 3 - CHILDBEARING; 4 - SINGLE-MOTHER FAMILIES; 5 - FATHERING; 6 - GRANDPARENTING; 7 - CHILD CARE; 8 - CHILD WELL-BEING; 9 - ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGING FAMILY STRUCTURE; 10 - COMBINING WORK AND FAMILY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORSThis book provides a comprehensive description of the social demography of the American family. Looking at family continuity and change in the latter half of the 20th century, it explores such topics as the growth in cohabitation and changes in childbearing and how these trends affect family life. Other topics include the changing lives of single mothers, fathers, and grandparents and increasing economic disparities among families; childcare and child well being; and combining paid work and family.Continuity and change in the American familyFamiliesUnited StatesSocial changeUnited StatesFamiliesSocial change306.85/0973Casper Lynne M1133722Bianchi Suzanne M1719370MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827945503321Continuity & change in the American family4200882UNINA