MARRIAGES IN RUSSIA by Dana Vannoy, Elena Meshterina, Natalja Rimashevskaja ( 9780275961473 )

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Title:

MARRIAGES IN RUSSIA
COUPLES DURING THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION

By:

Dana Vannoy, Elena Meshterina, Natalja Rimashevskaja

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£74.00
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ISBN 10:

0275961478

ISBN 13:

9780275961473

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

30 April, 1999

Pages:

256

Description:

This work reports the findings of a study of Russian marriages conducted in 1996. Chapters address gender attitudes and attributes; division of household labour and decision making; marital quality and thought of divorce; and verbal and physical abuse experienced in marital relationships.

Synopsis:

Researched and written by a collaborative team of Americans and Russians, Marriages in Russia explores the myths and realities of how the first years of market transformation have affected Russian family life. The research project, in which 2418 individual interviews of randomly sampled heterosexual couples are used, was initiated to determine if the relationships between gender attitudes and the relative social statuses of spouses-based on such factors as education, occupational prestige, and income-influence the marital quality spouses experience. Whether these variables are linked to domestic violence, as data show they are in the United States, is also examined. The results are surprising in that they often contradict general beliefs about Russian gender attitudes and gender attributes, and the analysis of these findings is ultimately a fascinating look at the post-Cold War realities of family life in Russia.

Illustrations:

black & white illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Returns:

Non-returnable

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