Similarities and differences in adolescent siblings' free time activities were investigated. Firstborns and second-borns from 181 predominantly White, working, and middle-class families reported on their time use and sibling relationships. Their parents reported on their socioeconomic status and neighborhood characteristics. Cluster analysis…

Provisions of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 mandated shorter time frames for making permanency decisions and facilitating adoption. Yet for many children, foster care continued to be a significant portion of their life experiences. This project explored the potential permanency option of birthfamilies and extended kin for children who…

Among 41 Mexican immigrant women interviewed soon after giving birth, everyday pregnancy care (often family-influenced) guided maternal behaviors in pregnancy and positively affected birth weight. Interviewees had positive birth outcomes despite low incomes, low education levels, and lack of access to medical care. Discusses implications for…

Examines simultaneously the influence of mate availability and other factors on the transition to first marriage and the transition to a first premarital birth. Found that the supply of available mates in the local marriage market has somewhat paradoxical effects on the probability of becoming an unmarried mother. (63 references) (RJM)

Reviews issues surrounding adoption as an option for resolving teen crisis pregnancies. Examines the decision-making processes and social psychological consequences of adoption as a distinct phenomenon, including adoption rates and characteristics, factors influencing the adoption decision, birth mother response to adoption placement, and social…

This paper presents data supplementing previous reports of elevated incidence of left handedness for the mentally retarded. The new data confirm a positive relationship between degree of retardation and incidence of left-handedness. (GO)

Birth order effects at 3 different ordinal positions were related to social activities of lower class preschool children. (GO)

Demonstrates a decline in fertility among low and marginal income women. Policy implications for the organization of family planning programs are discussed. (EH)

The growing concern in recent years about apparent increases in adolescent pregnancies has given rise to a proliferate but fragmented literature. Reviewing this literature from several disciplinary perspectives, the author concludes that it is unable to support diagnosis or intervention because it lacks an adequate theoretical and empirical base.…

This study investigated the relationship of birth order to three conditions in which the severity of sustained injury tends to increase: (a) individual contact sports, (b) team contact sports, and (c) individual noncontact sports. Operating on the assumption that each of these conditions generated progressively greater degrees of fear regarding…

Results for the 30 families as seen as "teaching-demonstration" families suggest that Adler's contention that more "first and youngest" children reveal problems and concerns (as defined by their parents) is correct. (Author)

Tests the hypothesis that first born children are subjected to greater parental control than children born later. The subjects were 820 children aged 10-14, in a comprehensive school in Sweden. (Author/MP)

Two complementary perspectives on farm-nonfarm differentials in fertility are examined, one suggesting that differences are primarily a function of the differences in social and demographic characteristics between populations. Another approach claims that residence will exert an independent effect through its influence on norms and beliefs.…

Among other findings, this paper concludes that there were a substantial number of black families in the immediate post Civil War period that were intact two-parent families, headed by males. (Author)

The demonstrated negative relationship between women's income and fertility has been treated as a consequence of economic loss associated with maternity. A plausible alternative interpretation attributes a causal role to the psychic benefits which may be associated with women's employment. Research findings presented support the latter…