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Children in Changing Families

A Study of Adoption and Illegitimacy

  • Authors
  • Lydia Lambert
  • Jane Streather
Textbook

Part of the National Children’s Bureau series book series

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
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  2. Changing Patterns in Society and the Family

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 3-5
    3. The Environment and Child Development
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 6-17
    4. The Family
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 18-29
    5. Illegitimacy
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 30-35
    6. Adoption
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 36-45

  3. The Children at 11: their Families and Environments

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 47-47
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    2. The Follow-up Study
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 49-53
    3. Parental Care Situation
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 54-62
    4. Background Characteristics
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 63-73
    5. Families on Low Incomes
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 74-79
    6. Housing Conditions
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 80-90

  4. The Children at 11: their Development and Progress since 7

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 91-91
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    2. General Note on the Analyses of Variance
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 93-97
    3. Height
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 98-100
    4. School Attainment
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 101-109
    5. Social Adjustment
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 110-115

  5. Fitting the Patterns Together

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 117-117
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    2. Summary of Main Findings
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 119-125
    3. Overview
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 126-134
    4. Does Birth Status Matter?
      Lydia Lambert, Jane Streather
      Pages 135-142
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 143-196
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About this book

Keywords

children social science sociology

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16377-9
  • Copyright Information Macmillan Publishers Limited 1980
  • Publisher Name Palgrave, London
  • Print ISBN 978-0-333-28697-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-16377-9
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