Question 1
Research suggests that the family life of urban villagers is more ________ while that of suburban dwellers is more ________.
◦ child-centered; adult-centered
◦ conjugally centered; extended kin centered
◦ oriented to the nuclear family; oriented to extended kin
◦ adult-centered; child-centered
Question 2
Summarizing the research on urban family kinship ties, Sussman and Burchinal conclude that the urban nuclear family must be seen
◦ within the context of an interrelated kinship structure that provides services and aid in a reciprocal-exchange system.
◦ as essentially isolated because of the movement of most of their kin to outlying suburbs.
◦ from a symbolic interactionist framework that focuses on the internal dynamics of the family rather than its external ties.
◦ from a perspective that emphasizes that families are so variable that no useful generalizations can be drawn about them.
The Rural–Urban Continuum
Research Terminology Cont.
Sections of a Research Report
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Operations Research