Most of the papers in this volume were originally presented at a conference held at Brigham Young University.

Introduction and overview / Cardell K. Jacobson -- Socio-cultural factors in black family transformation : toward a redefinition of family functions / Robert Staples -- The Latino family in comparative perspective : trends and current conditions / W. Parker Frisbie, Frank D. Bean -- The changing Jewish family : issues of continuity / Vivian Z. Klaff -- Reframing and refocusing American Indian family strengths / Joseph (Jay) H. Stauss -- An analysis of Native American fertility in the public use microdata samples of the 1990 census / Cardell K. Jacobson -- Patterns of work and family : an analysis of the Chinese American family since the 1920s / Yan Yu -- Japanese American families : assimilation over time / Trina L. Hope, Cardell K. Jacobson -- Family resemblance? How new Asian immigrants compare with the "model minority" / Carolyn G. Jew -- "Make room for Daddy" : patterns of family involvement among contemporary African American men / V^ania Penha-Lopes -- The intersection of ethnic and gender identities : Northern Cheyenne women's roles in cultural recovery / Carol Ward, Gregory Hinckley, Kae Sawyer -- Autonomy, community, and the mediation of value : comments on Apachean grandmothering, cultural change, and the media / Kathleen S. Bahr, Howard M. Bahr -- Choice of child care and mother-child interaction : racial/ethnic distinctions in the maternal experience / Marilou C. Legazpi Blair, Sampson Lee Blair -- How we parent : race and ethnic differences / Katherine McDade -- African American households and community effects on economic deprivation / Monica D. Griffin -- The impact of racial climate on selected social behaviors : who's dating and who's not / Larry E. Williams, Kenneth L. Clinton Jr., Lisa Wyatt -- Disapproval of interracial unions : the case of black females / Yanick St. Jean, Robert E. Parker -- White attitudes towards black and white interracial marriage / Deborah S. Wilson, Cardell K. Jacobson -- Perceptions of marital stability of black-white intermarriages / Anna Y. Chan, Ken R. Smith -- The Chicano family and educational outcomes : an interpretative review of the sociological and psychological literature / Adalberto Aguirre Jr., Anthony C.R. Hernandez -- The price they pay for the places they live : a case study of the association of educational achievement and aspirations with residential incongruence among middle-class black adolescents / Janet Hope -- Marital status and birth outcomes : toward an understanding of race and ethnic differences / Stan L. Albrecht, Leslie L. Clarke -- Family bonds and adolescent substance use : an ethnic group comparison / Gabe T. Wang, Stephen J. Bahr, Anastasios C. Marcos.