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A 5 page paper discussing changes in family structure since before the Great Depression, the economic changes that structural change has caused, and ways that economic changes have influenced family structure. The paper traces structural and economic changes from the 1930s, placing the evolution within the ISLM model. It concludes that teens work in order to support their cars and their buying habits. The number of single-parent families has skyrocketed over the past two decades, and even intact families find that they need two incomes in order to live as they wish. Currently, there is no end in sight as American business continues to change as it increasingly shifts from manufacturing to services. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSeconMacFam.rtf
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the late 1920s, American cities were not so large as they are now, and a much higher percentage of the total population lived on farms. Even those who did
not actively farm for a living typically maintained gardens and perhaps a cow or two and some chickens on three- or five-acre "mini farms." Hearing a rooster crow at
dawn even within the city limits was not unusual. Households consisted of a primary breadwinner and a variety of supporting individuals. A single house was likely to contain
an extended family that also included grandparents, who contributed knowledge, labor and child care (Drew and Silverstein, 2004). The Depression Years Division of
labor was clear: men did the heavy work and earned the bulk of the familys income. Women tended the house and children, cooked family meals, kept a garden
and made most of the familys clothes. Children had regular and routine chores, all of which contributed to the well being of the family unit. These accepted norms
became even more important after the advent of the Great Depression. With obvious exceptions, the division of labor held across both rural and urban cultures.
During the Depression, people simply made do with what they had. There was little if any excess income in most families, and people approached their economic
difficulties with ingenuity and innovation (Feldman, 2000). Many families had cars, but virtually no one within a family had a car of their own.
As wartime historically has done, World War II stimulated the economy so that the Great Depression finally had to let go its grip on the country. By
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