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Family Life in Black America
Edited by:
- Robert Joseph Taylor
- James S. Jackson - University of Michigan, USA, Emeritus
- Linda M. Chatters
September 1997 | 392 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Most studies of Black families have had a `problem focus', offering a narrow view of important issues such as out-of-wedlock births, single-parent families and childhood poverty. Family Life in Black America moves away from this negative perspective and instead deals with a wide range of issues including sexuality, procreation, infancy, adulthood, adolescence, cohabitation, parenting, grandparenting and ageing. A fresh aspect of this book is the amount of diversity it reveals within black families and the forces that shape, limit and enhance them.
Andrew Billingsley
Foreword
Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M Chatters and James S Jackson
Introduction
Robert Joseph Taylor et al
Recent Demographic Trends in African American Family Structure
K Jill Kiecolt and Mark A Fossett
The Effects of Mate Availability on Marriage among Black Americans
M Belinda Tucker and Robert Joseph Taylor
Gender, Age and Marital Status as Related to Romantic Involvement among African American Singles
Verna M Keith
Life Stress and Psychological Well-Being among Married and Unmarried Blacks
Christopher G Ellison
Religious Involvement and the Subjective Quality of Family Life among African Americans
Ruby L Beale
Multiple Familial-Worker Role Strain and Psychological Well-Being
Robert Joseph Taylor and Sherrill L Sellers
Informal Ties and Employment among Black Americans
Clifford L Broman
Families, Unemployment and Well-Being
Rukmalie Jayakody and Linda M Chatters
Differences among Africian American Single Mothers
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell and Lilah Koski
Childrearing, Social Support and Perceptions of Parental Competence Among African American Mothers
Michael C Thornton
Strategies of Racial Socialization Among Black Parents
Phillip J Bowman and Tyrone A Forman
Instrumental and Expressive Family Roles Among African American Fathers
Robert Joseph Taylor and Waldo E Johnson, Jr
Family Roles and Family Satisfaction Among Black Men
Andrea G Hunter
Living Arrangements of African-American Adults
H W Neighbors
Husbands, Wives, Family and Friends
Robert Joseph Taylor, James S Jackson and Linda M Chatters
Changes Over Time in Support Network Involvement among Black Americans