An analysis was conducted to test current theories
regarding education, income, and marital satisfaction as
determinants of parenting in different ways for men and
women. The gender specific issues in parenting to be tested
were: 1) Education is positively related to parental
involvement for both men and women. 2) Marital
dissatisfaction is positively related to maternal
involvement and negatively related to paternal involvement.
3) Income is positively related to parental involvement for
both men and women.
One focus of the test of the above theories was a
sample of twenty-five American Indian families primarily
recruited with the assistance of the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz. Twenty-five non-Indian families with similar
education and income characteristics were matched with the
Siletz sample from the larger Oregon Family Study sample for
comparison/control group purposes.
Significant gender and ethnic differences in the
significance of education, income, and marital satisfaction
on paternal involvement are reported. / Graduation date: 1994
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/35757 |
| Date | 10 December 1993 |
| Creators | Kawamoto, Walter T. |
| Contributors | Vuchinich, Samuel |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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