Grandparents currently raise 1.35 million children in the United States. These grandparents, while providing a sense of stability and security to the children, do so at emotional, physical, and financial cost to themselves. Article reviews literature on the prevalence and population of grandparents raising grandchildren and the identified problem…

Data from 25 participants in the Family Assets for Independence in Minnesota (FAIM) project were used to identify factors that enabled these low-income wage-earning families to save money and build assets. FAIM, part of the Individual Development Account movement, is a pilot program for families with incomes [less than or equal to] 200% of poverty…

Business tensions were investigated for farm couples. Wives reported higher tension in four out of seven business tensions. Profit was the highest priority for husbands, whereas wives identified good family relationships as the highest priority. Transferring family financial resources to the business and having preschool children was associated…

Before we can determine the relevance of social capital to the sociology of family and kinship, we must fill the gaps in our theoretical knowledge. For example, we still do not know how couples, parents, children, and groups generate, accumulate, manage, and deploy social capital. Neither do we know the consequences of social capital for the…

We examined the mediating role of family dynamics (marital quality, parental depression) in the link between economic pressure and child psychological functioning using the data from the National Survey of Family and Households (NSFH). From the initial multiethnic probability sample, we used a subsample of 2998 parents with a focal child 5 to 17…

In this article the authors examine the remittance interpretation for parents' selective investment in boys' education in sub-Saharan contexts. Using evidence from several African countries, they compare the relative capacity of married women versus men to assist their respective families of origin. They measure this capacity by women's leverage…

Many couples who come in for family counseling report that financial difficulty is a factor contributing to their current struggles. Yet few therapists spend much time, or even feel qualified to help couples in this critical area. The purpose of this study was to interview subjects who were married or who are married to discern their financial…

Family policy remains one of the leading issues of Swedish domestic politics. All parties are agreed that families with children must be given a better deal in the wake of the economic crisis. But how is this to be done and how quickly can it be achieved? Is the expansion of day nursery facilities to be speeded up, or are parents to be given a…

Throughout American history, marital property reform has been a concern of farm women. With most of the farm family's business assets in real estate, women without the right of ownership can find that they have limited wealth and no influence in the distribution of the farm's assets. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws…

Asian and Pacific Islander families in the United States were more likely than all U.S. families in 1980 to have multiple workers. About 63 percent of Asian and Pacific Islander families had two or more workers, compared with about 54 percent of all families. This information from the Commerce Department's Census Bureau was the first to provide…

In order to study teenaged mothers' knowledge, expectations, and attitudes regarding parenthood, their support systems for coping with pregnancy and parenthood, and how these factors influence their actual parenting ability in interactions with their babies, ninety-eight female teenagers from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds were interviewed…

Significant changes have occurred in parental contributions expected from various income levels over the last 15 years, reflecting the changing nature of institutions, the general availability of financial aid resources, and general changes in the economy. The purpose of this paper is to trace the evolution in College Scholarship Service…

Discusses characteristics of family members which influence social standing of the family. Most important characteristics are occupational and educational attainments of husbands and wives. Ascribed characteristics deriving from social origins are also significant. (Author/DB)

The scope, development, and implementation of a seven-state study on the impact of farm wives' employment on family functioning and economic productivity are described. The procedures used in questionnaire development, sampling, and data collection are reported, along with information on item and unit nonresponse. All the articles in this special…

Colleges are offering innovative financing plans, some risky, that allow families to pay college costs in a rational manner and in turn keep enrollment up. They include tuition futures plans, electronic funds transfer, gift certificates, credit card payments, megaloans, tuition stabilization plans, institutional loans, tuition matching, and…