Minority Families

Minority Families

Research Issues And Important

Research Issues And Important

QuestionsQuestions

Big

Issues

Big

Issues

Fram

ing O

ur

Fram

ing O

ur

Inte

rest

Inte

rest

• Upper Class Families

Upper Class Families

• Key Interest: Preserving privilege

Key Interest: Preserving privilege

and fortuneand fortune

• Middle Class Families

Middle Class Families

• Key Interest: Achieving respectibility

Key Interest: Achieving respectibility

• Lower Class Families

Lower Class Families

• Key Interest: Survival

Key Interest: Survival

Is It Race Or Class

Is It Race Or Class

That Affects

That Affects

Outcomes?Outcomes?

Big

Issues

Big

Issues

Fram

ing O

ur

Fram

ing O

ur

Inte

rest

Inte

rest

• Marriage-Based Networks

Marriage-Based Networks

• Female Networks

Female Networks

• Extended Kin Networks

Extended Kin Networks

What Parts Do Kinship

What Parts Do Kinship

Networks Play?

Networks Play?

Big

Issues

Big

Issues

Fram

ing O

ur

Fram

ing O

ur

Inte

rest

Inte

rest

• What happened to all the

What happened to all the

families with 12 children?

families with 12 children?

• High fertility rates

High fertility rates

Southern rural Blacks, Native Americans, Mexican

Southern rural Blacks, Native Americans, Mexican

AmericansAmericans

• Moderate fertility rates

Moderate fertility rates

Southern urban Blacks, Blacks outside of the south

Southern urban Blacks, Blacks outside of the south

• Low fertility rates

Low fertility rates

Japanese and Chinese Americans

Japanese and Chinese Americans

• Difference between fertility

Difference between fertility

and fecundity

and fecundity

Are There Differences

Are There Differences

In Fertility Rates?

In Fertility Rates?

Bla

ck F

am

ilies

Bla

ck F

am

ilies

• The Marriage Squeeze

The Marriage Squeeze• Single-parent families

Single-parent families• Hypogamy

Hypogamy• ““Too Few Men”

Too Few Men”• Extended Families

Extended Families• Female Networks And

Female Networks And

The Problem Of

The Problem Of MigrationMigration• ““Fathers” vs “Daddies”

Fathers” vs “Daddies”

• Childrearing Practices

Childrearing Practices• Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment

Lati

no F

am

ilies

Lati

no F

am

ilies

• ““Familism”Familism”• CollectivityCollectivity• Consensual Unions

Consensual Unions• Gender Norms

Gender Norms• ““Machismo”Machismo”• Feminine Virtues

Feminine Virtues• Extended Families

Extended Families• ““Grandfamilies”

Grandfamilies”• Kinship Networks And The

Kinship Networks And The

Problem Of Public Services

Problem Of Public Services

Asi

an F

am

ilies

Asi

an F

am

ilies

• ““Eastern” (Confucian) Values

Eastern” (Confucian) Values

• CollectivityCollectivity• Respect For Elders

Respect For Elders• ““Obligation”

Obligation”• Marriage & Family Disruptions

Marriage & Family Disruptions

• Parental Involvement In Dating

Parental Involvement In Dating

• Divorce & Out-of-Wedlock Births

Divorce & Out-of-Wedlock Births

• Childrearing Practices

Childrearing Practices• Consolidated Investments

Consolidated Investments

• Power of Shame and Guilt

Power of Shame and Guilt

• Permissiveness

Permissiveness