- Title
- Family functioning and socioeconomic status in South African families: A test of the social causation hypothesis
- Creator
- Botha, Ferdi, Booysen, Frikkie, Wouters, Edwin
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433176
- Identifier
- vital:72948
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1600-x"
- Description
- Optimal family relationships are central to individual well-being. The focus of this paper is on family functioning and how socioeconomic status (SES) explains family functioning. Ecological theory states that a family’s socioeconomic context is determined by macro-systemic factors, thereby influencing individuals’ perceptions of family functioning. Within this context, the social causation hypothesis asserts that social conditions influence family functioning. This paper uses the Family Attachment and Changeability Index as measure of family functioning. SES is viewed as multidimensional and individual-, household-, and subjective SES indices are developed using multiple correspondence analysis. Multivariate regression models suggest that household- and subjective SES are associated with higher levels of perceived flexibility in the family. There is no association between SES and family members’ attachment to each other. In general, the findings support the social causation hypothesis.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (23 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- SpringerLink
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Social Indicators Research, Botha, F., Booysen, F. and Wouters, E., 2018. Family functioning and socioeconomic status in South African families: A test of the social causation hypothesis. Social Indicators Research, 137, pp.789-811, Social Indicators Research volume 137 p. 789 2018 1573-0921
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