Affiliation:
1. Thomas A. Arcury is Research Coordinator in the Center for Development Change, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. In addition to his continuing research on the social history of rural U.S. household and family, he is examining the household characteristics of contemporary rural U.S. elderly.
Abstract
Using a life course approach, this analysis examines the effects of industrialization on household and family characteristics for the predominately rural population of Appalachian Kentucky in 1880 and 1910. The household and family characteristics of males and females aged 15–19, 20–24 and 25–29 are described, and variation in these characteristics is examined in terms of six contextual variables. While samples from the 1880 and 1910 general populations do not differ, the samples from the 1910 general population and the 1910 coal mine population do differ. Individuals from the industrial 1910 coal mine sample achieve adult household and family statuses at significantly earlier ages. This analysis demonstrates the effects industrialization—separate from urbanization—can have on households and families.
Subject
Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Anthropology
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