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Family roles in contemporary Palestinian women

Journal of comparative family studies32 (1)Published In 2001 • Pages: 1-19

By: Huntington, Ray L., Fronk, Camille, Chadwick, Bruce A..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is based on a self-report survey by 9th-grade students of their mothers and fathers, living in cities, villages and refugee camps of the West Bank and Gaza Strip during 1994 and 1995. The survey focuses on traditional and contemporary family roles and how they are influenced by education, employment, religiosity, and political activities. The researchers found that contrary to western theories of modernization; educational attainment, employment opportunities and political involvement had little impact on, i.e., poor predictors of, family roles and cultural values in Palestinian communities.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Tests and schedules administered in the field
Income and demand
Division of labor by gender
Labor supply and employment
Age stratification
Gender status
Household
Family relationships
Political movements
Revolution
Religious denominations
Vocational education
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Palestinians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2005
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Sociologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard ; 2004
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1994-1995
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1994-1995
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
West Bank and Gaza Strip, New Territories, Israel
NotesAdditional notes
Ray L. Huntington, Camile Fronk, Bruce A. Chadwick
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74641687
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Palestinian Arabs