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Public and Private Families: An Introduction, 3/e
Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University

Social Class and Families

Preview Questions

The following questions will be addressed in this chapter.

1.

What factors determine the social class position of families?

2.

How have changes in the American economy since the 1970s affected families?

3.

What do the kinship networks of many low-income families do for family members?

4.

What are the characteristics of typical working-class and middle-class families?

5.

What are the distinguishing features of upper-class kinship patterns?