Next Generation

Ariela Keysar is a Research Fellow at the North American Jewish Data Bank at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Jeffrey Scheckner is the administrator of this institution and is also Research Consultant for United Jewish Communities (formerly the Council of Jewish Federations.) Barry Kosmin is Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research in London, England. Formerly he was Director of Research at the Council of Jewish Federations and Director of the North American Jewish Data Bank.

• Tables and FiguresForeword Acknowledgments Introduction and Plan for Analysis Chapter OneTheory and Methodology Religious SocializationSocialization of ChildrenAdolescent DevelopmentSocialization into a SubcultureThe 1990 NJPS Survey MethodologyDefinitions and Qualifying Points Chapter TwoThe Demography of the Jewish Child Population IntroductionAge DistributionDemographic Profile by Category of JewishnessAge Distribution by Category of JewishnessAge Distribution of the Core Jewish Child Population in Comparison with the White U.S. Child PopulationSex Ratios of Core Jewish ChildrenGeographic Distribution and Category of Jewishness by Census RegionDemographic Trends of the Jewish Child PopulationSummary Chapter ThreeThe Impact of Home Background on the Socialization of Children IntroductionHousehold Structure: Comparative Data of the Jewish and U.S. White Child PopulationsJewish Single-Parent Household PatternsParental Marriage Patterns and Custody ArrangementsNon-Normative Household PatternsHousehold Composition and Per Capita IncomeWorking Mothers and Household CompositionEducation of the ParentsPrivate versus Public Schooling for ChildrenPatterns of Jewish Education of the ChildrenHousehold Composition and Jewish Characteristics of the FamilySummary Chapter FourParental Decision Making Regarding Children's Religious Socialization IntroductionThe Jewish Child Population in Interfaith Families—the DataTheoretical FrameworkThe Theory in Its Social ContextDataHypothesesMethodologyFindingsFlowchart Analysis of CHAID ResultsMultivariate AnalysisBeyond Religious IdentitySummary Chapter FiveLiving in a Unique Jewish Environment: The Children of New York IntroductionThe Demographic Characteristics of the Children of New YorkThe Religious and Social Jewish Environment of Children in New York and the United StatesSummary Chapter SixIt Takes a Whole Community to Raise Jewish Children IntroductionDay-Care and After-School Programs under Jewish and Non-Jewish AuspicesAdoptive FamiliesParticipation in Jewish CampingParticipation in Jewish Youth GroupsSummary Chapter SevenPopulation Projections for U.S. Jewish ChildrenIntroduction The Potential Jewish Child Population in 1990Assumptions of the Demographic Projection ModelProjected Child Population: 1995—Demographic and Sociological Scenarios1995 Projection—The Impact of IntermarriageYear 2000 Projection—The Impact of IntermarriageThe Decline in Potential MothersRaising "Effectively" Jewish Children in Mixed Households in 1995 and 2000 SummaryChapter EightConclusion From a Community PerspectiveAppendixThe Methodology of the National Jewish Population Surveyby Joseph Waksberg Notes Works Cited About the Authors Subject Index Index of Names

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