Forins of Economic Security And The Family
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2979529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharon K Houseknecht (Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA, Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Social Research Center, American University in Cairo), Mohamed Abdel Aal (Social Research Center, American University in Cairo, 113 Kasr El-Aini Street, Cairo, Egypt) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 429-449 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.29.3.429 |
| OpenAlex | W2255560864 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This work stresses differences between two forms of economic security. one is fonnal and is provided by coverage through public programs. The other is informal and the family is its major source. Our primary concern is with the processes involved in the transformation of the family economic security system and family culture and social structures. To this end, we test the influence of two major hypotheses, one emphasizing the importance of economic independence that is associated with industrial employment and coverage by formal economic security programs and the other the importance of space or geographical mobility. Data were gathered in Egypt through personal interviews with 3,214 respondents systematically selected from five communities representing different regions of the country, as well as from Census reports. The results indicate that the dynamics of family transformation are complex. Migration was not relevant for family economic interdependence, but fonnal coverage was. Formal coverage was not directly relevant for family social structure, but migration was. Both had effects on family culture. Industrial employment impacted all of these various dimensions of family life
Census · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic independence · Economic Security · Economics · Independence (probability theory) · Population · Social security · Sociology · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |