Detroit Area Study, 1963: A Study of Family-School Relationships in Detroit (ICPSR 7402)

This study of 1,536 mothers of 5th- and 6th-grade school children in the Detroit metropolitan area provides information on their views on family and school relationships in 1963. The mothers were asked to assess the neighborhood schools, their children's performance in school, and their personal contacts with school officials. Other questions probed the extent of quality time the parents spent with their children, and the time they spent visiting their children's school and the nature ... (more info)

This study of 1,536 mothers of 5th- and 6th-grade school children in the Detroit metropolitan area provides information on their views on family and school relationships in 1963. The mothers were asked to assess the neighborhood schools, their children's performance in school, and their personal contacts with school officials. Other questions probed the extent of quality time the parents spent with their children, and the time they spent visiting their children's school and the nature of such visits. Additional questions explored respondents' feelings about people of the same social class living in the same neighborhood, and their views on public schools, public assistance, public officials, character development, obedience and respect for authority, child discipline, assignment of home chores to children, and the importance of family stability. Information was also elicited on the type of house respondents lived in, type of neighbors and neighborhood, and their relationship with neighbors and relatives. Demographic variables specify age, sex, marital status, place of birth, education, occupation, number of children in school and their grades, number of children retarded, nationality, personality traits, English proficiency, occupation, family income, unemployment records, religious preferences, length of residence in the Detroit area, and length of time at present residence.

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2010
Schaub, Maryellen . Parenting for cognitive development from 1950 to 2000: The institutionalization of mass education and the social construction of parenting in the United States. Sociology of Education. 83, (1), 46-66.
2004
Schaub, Maryellen . Parenting Cognitive Development: The Institutional Effects of Mass Education on the Social Construction of Childhood and Parenting. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University.
1980
Clark, Melissa Ann Hall . Female labor force attachment during the childbearing and child rearing years. Dissertation, University of Michigan.
1978
Litwak, Eugene,  Thursz, Daniel,  Vigilante, Joseph L. Agency and family linkages in providing services. Reaching People: The Structure of Neighborhood Services. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
1977
Goodwin, Leonard Van . Race, sex and perception of experiences in school as determinants of educational expectations. Dissertation, Columbia University.
1977
Litwak, Eugene,  Meyer, Henry J.,  Hollister, C. David,  Liebert, Roland J.,  Imershein, Allen W. The role of linkage mechanisms between bureaucracies and families: Education and health as empirical cases in point. Power, Paradigms and Community Research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
1975
Litwak, Eugene,  Shiroi, E.,  Zimmerman, L.,  Bernstein, J.,  Kramer, Ralph M.,  Specht, Harry . Community participation in bureaucratic organizations: Principles and strategies. 2nd ed.. Readings in Community Organization Practice. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
1974
Litwak, Eugene,  Cox, Fred M.,  Erlich, J.L.,  Rothman, J.,  Tropman, J.E. . An approach to linkages in 'grass roots' community organization. Strategies of Community Organization: A Book of Readings. 2nd Ed.. Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock.
1974
Litwak, Eugene,  Meyer, Henry Joseph . School, Family and Neighborhood: The Theory and Practice of School-Community Relations. New York: Columbia University Press.
1973
Hikel, Gerald Kent,  Segal, David R. The emerging independent. American Sociological Association meetings. New York, NY.