TREATMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN AMONG NONWESTERN JEWISH MOTHERS IN ISRAEL: Sociocultural Variables
In direct observations of Jewish families in Israel, mothers of Oriental origin were found to engage in fewer of the child-rearing practices accepted as "normal" by Western social scientists than did mothers of Western origin. Greater degrees of "compulsive" and "disorganized" behavior were observed among the Oriental mothers. Differences are explained as due to cultural and educational background, and implications for the emotional development of the children are considered. Language: en
This article is the second of two parts. The first one was published in the issue no 2 of this same journal. The preseni study uses the dependency index and the youth ratio to describe the aging process both at regional and municipal levels. Our data show a yet moderate aging process in (he region. with an uneven distribution throughout the different municipalities.