The social context In these slums and rural areas, most families are poor. Women also tend to have lower levels of education, less financial independence, and lower social status than men. But why is this so? There is also a strong preference for sons in these areas of India, with daughters being viewed as economic burdens. This preference for sons, combined with high dowry costs for daughters,...

BACKGROUND An important question for population research is whether fertility decline transforms gender systems. OBJECTIVE This paper contributes to answering this broad question by examining how fertility decline may change the relative value and roles of daughters and sons in families. First, I outline theoretical pathways, suggesting that a key factor is the gender composition of families....

Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) has evolved independently in at least two lineages of viviparous Australian scincid lizards, but its adaptive significance remains unclear. We studied a montane lizard species (Eulamprus heatwolei) with TSD. Our data suggest that mothers can modify the body sizes of their offspring by selecting specific thermal regimes during pregnancy (mothers with...

To obtain a screening and early detection reference for individuals who have a family history of cancer on the paternal side, we collected and analyzed data from 240 pairs in which both fathers and their children were diagnosed with cancer. Disease categories of fathers and sons were similar to that of the general population of China, whereas daughters were different from general female populat...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of overweight and obesity is on the rise in South Africa, particularly among females living in urban environments. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the emic perspectives of black young adult daughter and mother pairs living in Soweto, South Africa on diet, physical activity, and obesity-related health within their social and cultural context. METH...

Acceptability rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination by 362 Malaysian mothers were 65.7% and 55.8% for daughters and sons, respectively. Younger mothers, and those who knew someone with cancer, were more willing to vaccinate their daughters. If the vaccine was routine and cost free, acceptability rate was 97.8%.

Introduction Previous studies have established a relation between childhood maltreatment and eating disorder behaviors. However, this pattern of relations has not yet been studied within the nuclear family interactions. Objectives The aim study was to examine model illuminating transgenerational mechanism underlying association Methods One-hundred-sixty-eight Israeli mothers their young-adult-d...

INTRODUCTION In recent years alexithymia and attachment theory have been recognized as two parallel research lines trying to improve the information on the development and maintenance of eating disorders (EDs). However, no research has analyzed these constructs among patients' families. In this study we compared alexithymia and attachment in mothers of patients with EDs and a control group. Fur...

A family with sick sinus syndrome is presented: a mother and her 2 daughters affected with sinus node dysfunction. Electrophysiological studies revealed abnormal atrioventricular conduction in the 2 daughters. All 3 individuals were implanted with a permanent pacemaker to relieve their symptoms. Endomyocardial biopsy from the right ventricle of one daughter showed disarrangement, degeneration, ...

the goal of conducting the current research was to study social factors affecting on the generation gap of values among mothers and daughters with an emphasis on religious values in the city of mashhad. for this goal, from the girls with 18 to 29 ages and their mothers, a group of 384 persons were selected from 12 areas of mashhad. for collecting data, the questionnaire technique has been used....