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Family Studies Database (FSD) provides over 235,000 abstracts and bibliographic records drawn from over a thousand professional journals, books, popular literature, conference papers, government reports, and other sources from a variety of fields related to Family Studies. It consists of records from two sources: 1) Family Studies Database (1970 - present) , the world's most comprehensive, systematic, and non-evaluative resource of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, and Human Development. FSD includes the records from the now-defunct print index entitled Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature as well as additional records not included in IMFL and records created after IMFL ceased publication. 2) Australian Family & Society Abstracts (1980-present), commonly known by its short title FAMILY. FAMILY indexes records on research, policy and practice literature about Australian families and the social issues that affect them. Publications indexed in the database are drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines including sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and social work. Subject coverage includes:
family violence; families with special problems; family therapy; intermarriage; minority groups; family relationships & dynamics; parenting; adolescents; organizations & services; marriage & divorce; reproduction issues; work & gender roles; AIDS/HIV; family law & related issues; sexual attitudes & behavior; blended families; trends in marriage & family; families at risk
Source: | National Information Services Corporation (NISC), in association with the National Council on Family Relations (NFCR) and Australian Institute of Family Studies | Print Equivalent: | - Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature (no longer published in print); Call number = HQ5.5.I5 (General Reference Collection, MSEL). v.3 (1973/1974)-v.20 (1993/1994)
- Australian Family & Society Abstracts (aka FAMILY) (print version not owned by MSEL)
| Years of Coverage: | | Frequency of Update: | monthly | Number & Type of Materials Covered: | - FSD: 1000+ professional journals, books, popular literature, conference papers, government reports, and other sources
- FAMILY: journal articles, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, unpublished papers, statistical documents and theses.
| List of Journals Indexed: | not available online | Languages Covered: | English, French, Spanish, other
| Number of Records: | - FSD: 198,000+
- FAMILY: 37,000+
| Records Added Annually: | | Document Delivery: | Document delivery is offered by the Australian Institute of Family Studies on journal articles indexed in FAMILY. Questions and inquiries, email fic@aifs.org.au. |
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Sample Record: TITLE:
Immigration and Changing Patterns of Extended Family Household Structure in the United States: 1970-1990.
AUTHOR:
Glick, Jennifer E.; Bean, Frank D.; Van Hook, Jennifer V. W.
AUTHOR ADDRESS:
Population Research Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1800 Main Bldg., Austin, TX 78712, USA. e-mail:
jennifer@prc.utexas.edu
SOURCE:
Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol 59(1), 177-191; 47 refs.; 5 illus.; 1997. ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which changes in the volume and composition of immigration have
contributed both to the increase in the proportion of the United States population residing in extended family households and to
the widening gap between immigrants and natives. Data were used from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 U.S. Public Use Microdata
Samples. Findings indicated that immigration explains only a little of the total increase in extended living arrangements in the total
population, but that the increasing differential between immigrants and natives during the 1980s resulted from increases in
horizontally extended households among immigrants. Mexican, Guatemalan, and Salvadoran immigrants accounted for most of this
increase, primarily because of increases in the proportion of young, single adults living with relatives and increases in poverty
rates among immigrants from these countries. (CSW) KEY TERMS:
Immigration; Hispanics; United States; Family Structure; Extended Families; Living Arrangements; Mexico; Guatemala;
Poverty; Family Relations; Family Members; Central America; El Salvador MAJOR TOPIC:
FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL PROBLEMS: Family and Geographic Mobility/Relocation
[099]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND DYNAMICS: Extended Family and Kinship Groups [020]
ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES TO FAMILIES: Economics and the Family [018] PUB. TYPE:
Journal Article
RECORD ID:
FD008270
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