The rural milieu as a variable in the maintenance of traditionalism : attitudes toward courtship, marriage, and parenthood among French-Canadian adolescents

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dc.contributor.authorWalkty, Charlotte A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-15T15:55:00Z
dc.date.available2012-05-15T15:55:00Z
dc.date.issued1975en_US
dc.degree.disciplineFamily Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractA questionnarie was presented to 457 rural and urban French-Canadian adolescents. Areas of investigation included attitudes toward the double standard, religion as a normative guide in dating, divorce, sex-role differentiation, family size, delay of child-bearing after marriage, birth control, interfaith and interethnic marriage, child-rearing practices and the importance of religious education. The data were compared controlling for residence and sex. Statistically significant residential differences were found with respect to attitudes toward family size, birth control, and familism, with urban subjects being less traditionally oriented than rural subjects. Statisitically significant attitudinal differences due to residential background were found in the female segment of the sample with regard to interfaith marriage, family size, birth control, and the importance of religious education. Urban females were less traditionally oriented than rural females. Statistically significant sex differences were noted in attitudes toward the double standard and religious education. Males were less traditionally oriented tha females.en_US
dc.format.extentvii, 164 leaves :en_US
dc.identifierocm72808813en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/6200
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.titleThe rural milieu as a variable in the maintenance of traditionalism : attitudes toward courtship, marriage, and parenthood among French-Canadian adolescentsen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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