Chapter Outline

Looking Forward
Racial-Ethnic Groups
African-American Families

The Decline of Marriage

The Impact of Economics
The Impact of Culture

Explaining the Decline

The Rise of Middle-Class Families

Hispanic Families

Mexican Americans

Puerto Ricans

Cuban Americans

Asian-American Families
Social Capital and Immigrant Families
American Indian Families
Race, Ethnicity, and Kinship
Looking Back
Thinking about Families
Key Terms
Families on the Internet

Boxed Features

families and public policy: How Should Multiracial
Families Be Counted?

families in other cultures: Transnational Families

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