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As part of a larger research project on the relationship of family functioning to neighborhood and ethnic factors, the present study examined effects of a series of environmental variables on the sexual functioning of family heads. The study group was comprised of randomly selected samples of young and mid-career families in two neighborhoods in Melbourne, Australia. The present research revealed that only the most proximate influences, the family's social functioning and egalitarian ethic—but not its ethnic or social class background—had an effect on spouses' pattern of sexual communication. The implications for intervention are briefly considered.

Criteria for defining child neglect are, to some extent, culturally determined and may or may not be related to social class and family malfunction