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Variations in familism in two generations of Puerto Ricans
Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences • 17 • Published In 1995 • Pages: 249-255
By: Cortés, Dharma E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The importance individuals give to the family in terms of feelings of loyalty, reciprocity, and solidarity known as familism is one of the most enduring and distinctive characteristics among Hispanics and Puerto Ricans in the United States. Departing from prior studies that have examined familistic beliefs across generations, the present study focused on how those beliefs operate within two family-linked generations (parent and child generation) of Puerto Ricans living in New York City. Education appeared to be the the strongest variable affecting familistic beliefs within the two family generation. In addition to this, age at arrival in the United States affected familism among those in the parent generation. Findings from this study suggest that processes affecting traditional beliefs among family-related individuals might be different even when they share the same family environment (p. 249).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Family
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dharma E. Cortés
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81642154
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--United States