1. Introduction / Zitha Mokomane, Benjamin Roberts. Jarè Struwig and Steven Gordan. Part 1: Family cohesion. 2. Satisfaction with family relationships and overall quality of family life / Steven Gordon, Yul Derek Davids and Amarone Nomdo -- 3. Family functioning and economic status / Ferdi Botha, Frikkie Booysen and Edwin Wouters - 4. Intergenerational consensus within families / Steven Gordon, Benjamin Roberts and Jarè Struwig - 5. Patterns of alcohol consumption in South Africa: implications of harmful drinking for families / Arvin Bhana and Candice Groenewald - 6. Intimate partner violence and family cohesion among ever married women and men in South Africa / Yanga Zembe and Visseho Adjiwanou. Part 2: Family values and the promotion of family life. 7. South African public opinion on family rights for lesbians and gay men: entry points for activism and interventions / Tracy Morison, Benjamin Roberts, Steven Gordon, Jarè Struwig and Vasu Reddy - 8. Embracing the child: the acceptability of adoption / Zitha Mokomane - 9. Attitudes towards marriage in postapartheid South Africa / Neo Mohlabane, Ntombizonke Gumede and Zitha Mokomane - 10. Is a woman's place still in the home? Gender role attitudes and women's position in the South African labour market / Furzana Timol, Ingrid Lynch and Tracy Morison - 11. Regarding Baba: perceptions about fathers and fatherhood in South Africa / Tawanda Makusha, Linda Richter, Sara Naicker, Sharlene Swartz and Chris Desmond -- 12. Filial responsibility and caring for the aging / Steven Gordon., Jarè Struwig and Benjamin Roberts. Part 3: Family strengthening. 13. Understanding social determinants of self-rated health: a basis for addressing health inequalities and strengthening families / Musawankosi Maboso, Jacqueline Mthembu and Geoffrey Setswe - 14. Views on work-family balance in South Africa / Zitha Mokomane - 15. Measuring socially perceived necessities for children over time / Helen Barnes, Gemma Wright and Wanga Zembe-Mkabile - 16. Lone mothers' accounts of the impact of poverty on their dignity: a South African perspective / Gemma Wright, Phakama Ntshongwana, Michael Noble and David Neves.
Summary:
"The family' has become a significant and growing focus of study across a variety of disciplinary perspectives in the humanities, social sciences, and law. In South Africa, there has been controversy and substantial debate over an apparent 'crisis of the family' during the last two decades. Ideological contestations have emerged over social morality and appeals for a return to traditional 'family values'. In order to provide a better understanding of the supposed 'crisis of the family', it is necessary to use public opinion data to explore family cohesion, family values and the promotion of family life. SASAS - Family Matters: Family Cohesion, values and wellbeing promotes the family by drawing on unique data to offer insight into the diverse realities of contemporary family life in South Africa. It explores a series of family-related values and preferences, and charts the basis and nature of support for policy intervention in the family."-- Back cover.
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