Families Across Cultures: A 30-Nation Psychological Study Book

1	Families and family change	3
2	Cross-cultural theory and methodology	51
3	Theoretical perspectives on family change	72
4	Family portraits from 30 countries : an overview	90
5	Hypotheses	100
6	Methodology of the study	111
7	Results : cross-cultural analyses of the family	126
8	Synthesis : how similar and how different are families across cultures?	186
9	The Algerian family : change and solidarity	243
10	Botswana	251
11	The Brazilian jeitinho : Brazil's sub-cultures, its diversity of social contexts, and its family structures	259
12	Britain	267
13	Bulgaria : socialism and open-market economy	275
14	Canada	284
15	Chile : new bottle, old wine	293
16	Cyprus	303
17	Portrait of family in France	311
18	Georgia	319
19	Germany : continuity and change	327
20	Ghana	336
21	Greece	344
22	Hong Kong, SAR China : transitions and return to the motherland	353
23	India	362
24	Indonesia : traditional family in a changing society	370
25	The Iranian family in a context of cultural diversity	378
26	Japan : tradition and change in the Japanese family	386
27	Mexico	394
28	Mongolia : traditions and family portrait	402
29	The Netherlands : tolerance and traditionalism	410
30	Nigeria	419
31	Pakistan : culture, community, and filial obligations in a Muslim society	427
32	The Saudi society : tradition and change	435
33	The South African family	442
34	South Korea	450
35	Spain : tradition and modernity in family structure and values	458
36	Turkey	467
37	Ukraine	475
38	Family in the United States : social context, structure, and roles	483