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Marriage and Family: Perspectives and Complexities
H. Elizabeth Peters (Ed.)
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Description for Marriage and Family: Perspectives and Complexities
Hardback. Editor(s): Peters, H. Elizabeth; Dush, Claire Kamp m. Num Pages: 414 pages, 18 halftones, 2 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 804.
Family life has been radically transformed over the past three decades. Half of all households are unmarried, while only a quarter of all married households have kids. A third of the nation's births are to unwed mothers, and a third of America's married men earn less than their wives. With half of all women cohabitating before they turn thirty and gay and lesbian couples settling down with increasing visibility, there couldn't be a better time for a book that tracks new conceptions of marriage and family as they are being formed. The editors of this volume explore the motivation ... Read more
Family life has been radically transformed over the past three decades. Half of all households are unmarried, while only a quarter of all married households have kids. A third of the nation's births are to unwed mothers, and a third of America's married men earn less than their wives. With half of all women cohabitating before they turn thirty and gay and lesbian couples settling down with increasing visibility, there couldn't be a better time for a book that tracks new conceptions of marriage and family as they are being formed. The editors of this volume explore the motivation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
815g
Number of Pages
414
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231144087
SKU
V9780231144087
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About H. Elizabeth Peters (Ed.)
H. Elizabeth Peters is professor of policy analysis and management and director of the population program at Cornell University. Her research focuses on family economics and family policy, examining the effects of public policies such as divorce laws, taxes, and welfare reform on family formation and dissolution decisions, inter- and intra-household transfers, and investments in children. Her research has been ... Read more
Reviews for Marriage and Family: Perspectives and Complexities
This book should be in every university library... Essential. Choice A valuable resource for understanding families and family change a decade into the twenty-first century. Its wide-ranging terrain and scholarly standards make this a book well worth having on the bookshelf.
Mick Cunningham Population Studies
Mick Cunningham Population Studies