Examining cross-state variation in the increase in father-only families

Each state has the power to establish its own policy and laws relating to child custody determination. The number of single-parent families with children that are headed by fathers has been growing in the United States. This paper explores the extent of cross-state variation in the prevalence in father-only families in 1990, and the extent to which there was cross-state variation in the increase in father-only families in the 1980s. The 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) drawn from the US decennial censuses are used. Decomposition analyses of growth indicate that increases in the number of father-only families occurred across all states during this period, but at varying rates. The primary reason for the increase in most states is an increase in the proportion of ever-married single-parent families that are headed by a father. It is for these families that are headed by divorced or separated parents that state policy relating to child custody determination is most relevant.     

美国农场家庭收入差异及因素分析

本文根据年销售额对美国家庭农场进行分类,从农场现金总收入及组成、农场财务业绩、家庭收入来源及水平、政府补贴等方面对美国家庭农场收入进行了量化分析,得出了不同类型家庭农场在收入的各个层面均存在明显差异的结论,并对引起差异的因素进行分析。     

标准伽玛分布族参数的EB估计的收敛速度

本文构造了标准伽玛分布族参数的EB估计，并给出了该估计的收敛速度。在适当的条件下，该速度可以分别充分接近于1／2和1。     

Caregiving and cost of health care for later life families

In the future, the number of families providing care for elderly relatives as well as the costs associated with health care will continue to increase. The caregiving triad—individual, family and government—will need to balance the resources to meet the needs of the elderly. Public policy changes can assist older persons and their families as they address caregiving in the later years.     

河疍--梧州水上居民考察(下)

梧州水上居民作为广西古老的汉族族群,有着自己独特的文化传统.如今随着社会的发展,他们无论在生活、劳动、风俗习惯上都发生了很大的变化.水上居民族群虽然处于式微的境地,但这是一个缓慢的过程.都市化的脚步日益加快,梧州水上居民在潮流和传统中努力地调整自己,以适应这个社会.     

The social construction of peacekeeping in America

Although other nations have participated extensively in international peacekeeping operations, the use of American soldiers as peacekeepers is a recent change in their military role, and is not well understood by American society, the U.S. Army, the soldiers, or their wives. We use a social constructionist perspective, which has rarely been applied to the study of the American military, to analyze the definition of peacekeeping missions and of the nature of the military, by soldiers assigned to peacekeeping duty, their families, and other social institutions such as communications media and churches. We suggest that, because peacekeeping is an inherently ambiguous process, this theoretical perspective may prove useful in understanding the social definition of the emerging military role of peacekeeper.     

农村独生子女家庭的现代权变与制度隐忧——以苏北鱼村“一子两挑”的家庭为例

“一子两挑”是独生子女家庭在日常实践中为应对现实需求而形塑出的权变模式,以独生子女为主体的核心小家庭呈现出双系继嗣的制度幻象。然而户籍的分离和财产继承的身份边界将小夫妻割裂为两个独立的经济主体,并将孙代的姓氏与财产继承捆绑,进一步撕裂了小家庭的完整性;另一方面,夫妻小家庭因利益、感情、现实等因素避重就轻地游走在两家之间,父代被置于劣势地位,家庭养老逐渐向“管好最后丧礼”的形式化孝道蜕变。由此来看,“一子两挑”的婚居实践确实改写了男性单系继嗣的家庭制度,但在变革的过程中存在诸多隐忧,是否会转向双系继嗣制度有待进一步研究。     

The Museum of Amor:

No abstract available for this article.     

“They Don't Want to Hear Us”

Abstract

This study used focus groups to understand Hispanic elders' and adult children's concerns about end-of-life planning. Ten older persons participated in the elders group, and ten adult children in a separate group. Themes in both groups included communication, control, burden, spirituality, religious issues, and importance of family relationships. Communication regarding end-of-life planning was of particular importance to both elders and adult children. The most striking indication of the challenges in communication about end-of-life issues is the insistence by both the elders and the adult children that their children/parents do not want to have these discussions.     

Paternal and Household Characteristics Associated With Child Neglect and Child Protective Services Involvement

ABSTRACT

This study examined the association of paternal and household characteristics with household-level measures of child neglect and Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement, measured when the index child was 5 years of age. Secondary analyses of the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study were conducted using a subsample of 1,089 residential, biological fathers. Logistic regression models indicated that paternal depression was associated with greater than doubled odds of child neglect and CPS involvement. Paternal alcohol use and parenting stress were associated with approximately 50% increased odds for child neglect, and a scale measuring 13 caregiving tasks to reflect positive father involvement with the child was also associated with less risk for child neglect. However, paternal alcohol use, parenting stress, and positive involvement with the child were not associated with CPS involvement. An implication of this study is that paternal psychosocial functioning is important to consider in conjunction with sociodemographic factors when examining maltreatment risk in two-parent families.