GENERATION AT RISK

Amato, Paul R.|Booth, Alan

ISBN 10: 0674003985 / ISBN 13: 9780674003989

Published by HARVARD UNIV PR, 2000

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This book is the first to offer a clear picture of how Generation X has been affected by the tremendous domestic changes of the last three decades. Based on a unique 15-year study begun in 1980, the book considers parents socioeconomic resources, their gen.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GENERATION AT RISK
• Publisher: HARVARD UNIV PR
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674003985
• ISBN 13: 9780674003989
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Just what do we know about the current generation of young Americans? So little it seems that we have dubbed them Generation X. Coming of age in the 1980s and '90s, they hail from families in flux, from an intimate landscape changing faster and more profoundly than ever before. This book is the first to give us a clear, close-up picture of these young Americans and to show how they have been affected and formed by the tremendous domestic changes of the last three decades.

How have members of this generation fared at school and at work, as they have moved into the world and formed families of their own? Do their struggles or successes reflect the turbulence of their time? These are the questions A Generation at Risk answers in comprehensive detail. Based on a unique fifteen-year study begun in 1980, the book considers parents' socioeconomic resources, their gender roles and relations, and the quality and stability of their marriages. It then examines children's relations with their parents, their intimate and broader social affiliations, and their psychological well-being. The authors provide rare insight into how both familial and historical contexts affect young people as they make the transition to adulthood.

Perhaps surprising is the authors' finding that, in this era of shifting gender roles, children who grow up in traditional father-breadwinner, mother-homemaker families and those in more egalitarian, role-sharing families apparently turn out the same. Also striking are the beneficial influence of parental education on children and the troubling long-term impact of marital conflict and divorce--an outcome that prompts the authors to suggest policy measures that encourage marital quality and stability.

About the Authors

Paul R. Amato is Professor of Sociology at The Pennsylvania State University.

Alan Booth is Professor of Sociology at The Pennsylvania State University.