New families, no families?

By Frances K. Goldscheider

Subjects: Home, Sozialer Wandel, Marriage, Famille, Families, Familie, Family, Matrimonio, United States, Sociale verandering, Mariage, Foyer, Family, united states, Samenlevingsvormen

Description: TABLE OF CONTENTS: The new "decline of the family" -- Family trends since the baby boom : decline or restructuring? -- Studying family change -- Planning for new families -- The transition to marriage -- Transitions in the early years of marriage : parenthood and divorce -- Family structure and husbands' share in household tasks -- Change in husbands' share in household tasks? -- Children's share in household tasks -- The domestic economy : husbands, wives, and children -- The future of the home in the twenty-first century.