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ERIC Number: EJ162865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1977
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Rural Familism: An Interregional Analysis
Heller, Peter L.; Quesada, Gustavo M.
Rural Sociology, 42, 2, 220-40, Sum 77
Testing the hypothesis that at least two types of rural familism exist within different geographic regions of the United States, this study indicates that extended kin-oriented familism predominates in the rural Southeast and primary kin-oriented familism predominates in the rural Far West. (JC)
Descriptors: Differences, Extended Family, Geographic Location, Hypothesis Testing, Nuclear Family, Regional Characteristics, Research Methodology, Rural Population
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