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Zhang, Weiguo – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
Based on qualitative information from in-depth interviews and quantitative data from a survey of 425 adoptive families conducted in summer 2001 in rural China, this study attempts to explain the social and demographic patterns of adoption and investigate the roles of the State and families in adoption processes in contemporary rural China. Within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adoption, Children, Family (Sociological Unit)
Myers, Scott M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
Having a child is a major determinant of geographic mobility. Little is known, however, about the opposite process--whether geographic mobility is a determinant of fertility. Drawing on social and human capital theories and research on fertility and migration to develop competing hypotheses, the author examines the effects of mobility on changes…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Migration, Social Capital, Birth Rate
Campbell, Lori Ann; Parcel, Toby L. – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
This study analyzes the effects of human, social, and financial capital on children's home environments in the United States and Great Britain by comparing a sample of 5- to 13-year-old children from the United States with a similar sample from Britain. In both countries, the authors find weaker home environments for boys, minority children, and…
Descriptors: Siblings, Preschool Children, Minority Group Children, Family Structure