Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE The New Family Economy: Residential and Economic Relationships Among the Generations -- The Modernization of the Family Economy -- Family Changes and the Life Course -- Ethnic Variation and its Explanation -- The Research Studies -- Research Implications -- References -- PART I -- CHAPTER TWO Nonfamily Living Arrangements Among Black and Hispanic Americans -- Modernization Theory and the Family -- Constraints, Resources, and Preferences -- Hypotheses -- Data and Methods -- Ethnic and Racial Differences -- Discussion -- References -- CHAPTER THREE The Asian-American Traditional Household -- Changes in Immigration to the U.S. -- Ethnic Differentials in Living Arrangements -- Data, Definitions, and Measurement -- Household Types -- Household Size and Composition -- Nonfamily Living Versus Family Extension -- Nonfamily Living -- Family Extension -- References -- CHAPTER FOUR Nonfamily Households and Housing Among Young Adults -- Background: Nonfamily Living -- Housing and Income -- Hypotheses -- Data and Methods -- Dependent Variables -- Independent Variables -- Predicting Nonfamily Living -- Predicting Marriage and Family Living -- Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER FIVE Living Arrangements Among the Older Population: Constraints, Preferences, and Power -- Autonomy and Dependence Among the Elderly -- Data -- Living Arrangements of Older Persons -- Availability -- Feasibility -- Preferences -- Discussion -- References -- CHAPTER SIX Are Mormon Families Different? Household Structure and Family Patterns -- Religion and Family Patterns -- Individualism and Family Patterns -- Hypotheses, Methods, and Data -- Family Patterns of Religious Groups -- Discussion -- References -- PART II.
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