This book provides readers with a comprehensive description of the socialdemography of the American family. Looking at family continuity and change inthe latter... » 

This book provides readers with a comprehensive description of the socialdemography of the American family. Looking at family continuity and change inthe latter half of the 20th century this book explores such topics as thegrowth in cohabitation and changes in childbearing and how these trends affectfamily life. Other topics include the changing lives of single mothersfathers and grandparents and increasing economic disparities among familieschildcare and child well being and combining paid work and family. «