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| Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Study of the Family | |
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| The Sociological Study of Marriage and the Family | |
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| Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Perspectives | |
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| Pairing and Singlehood | |
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| Dating and Courtship | |
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| Premarital Intimacy | |
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| Singlehood | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Husband-and-Wife Relationship | |
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| Human Sexuality | |
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| Economics | |
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| Living and Growing Together | |
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| Life Cycle of the Family | |
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| Childbearing | |
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| Child Rearing | |
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| The Middle Years | |
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| Aging and Death | |
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| Divorce and Remarriage | |
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| Appendix: Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Figures | |
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| Kinship diagram | |
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| Patrilineal kinship group | |
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| Matrilineal kinship group | |
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| Parallel-cousin marriage | |
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| Cross-cousin marriage | |
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| Parallel-cousin marriage among the patriarchs | |
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| Reiss's Wheel Theory of Love | |
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| The field of eligibles | |
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| Stimulus-value-role theory | |
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| Degrees of sexual behavior | |
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| Suggested levels of intimate activities | |
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| Marital spectrum | |
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| Cross section of the male reproductive system | |
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| External female genitalia | |
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| Cross section of the female reproductive system | |
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| Female menstrual cycle | |
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| Phases of sexual response | |
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| Financial values questionnaire | |
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| Sample budget form | |
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| A couple's relationship with God affects their relationship with each other | |
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| The relationship between birth order, family size, and IQ | |
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| Condoms | |
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| The diaphragm and its application | |
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| Intrauterine devices (IUDs) | |
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| Vaginal spermicides and their application | |
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| Tubal ligation | |
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| Vasectomy | |
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| Level of marital satisfaction at various stages of the family life cycle | |
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| Growth in the United States of the population 65 years and over, 1900-2030 | |
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| Robertson's four grandmother roles Tables | |
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| The academic disciplines | |
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| Percentage of married-couple households, female-householder, and male-householder by race | |
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| 1990 population of largest Asian-American groups | |
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| The difference between infatuation and authentic love | |
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| Sexual activities engaged in by high school students | |
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| Percent of teenagers who have had intercourse | |
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| Attitudes toward premarital sex | |
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| Percentage of the population over | |
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| that is single by sex, race/ethnicity, and status | |
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| Shostak's types of singles | |
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| Median age at first marriage | |
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| State marriage laws as of 1997 | |
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| Normal biological sex differences | |
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| Masculine, feminine, and neutral items on the Bem sex-role inventory 8.1 Recommended budget allotments | |
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| Prenatal development | |
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| Parenthood contemplation questions | |
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| Possible estrogen side effects from birth control pills | |
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| Child development | |
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| Adolescent development | |
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| Marriages, divorces, and the ratio between them in the United States | |
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| Crude and refined divorce rates in the United States | |
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| 1990 U.S. marriages by previous marital status of the bride and groom | |
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| Major problems encountered by parents in reconstituted families | |