Ariela Keysar & Barry A. Kosmin 
The Next Generation [PDF ebook] 
Jewish Children and Adolescents

Tables and Figures

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction and Plan for Analysis

Chapter One
Theory and Methodology

Religious Socialization
Socialization of Children
Adolescent Development
Socialization into a Subculture
The 1990 NJPS Survey Methodology
Definitions and Qualifying Points

Chapter Two
The Demography of the Jewish Child Population

Introduction
Age Distribution
Demographic Profile by Category of Jewishness
Age Distribution by Category of Jewishness
Age Distribution of the Core Jewish Child Population in Comparison with the White U.S. Child Population
Sex Ratios of Core Jewish Children
Geographic Distribution and Category of Jewishness by Census Region
Demographic Trends of the Jewish Child Population
Summary

Chapter Three
The Impact of Home Background on the Socialization of Children

Introduction
Household Structure: Comparative Data of the Jewish and U.S. White Child Populations
Jewish Single-Parent Household Patterns
Parental Marriage Patterns and Custody Arrangements
Non-Normative Household Patterns
Household Composition and Per Capita Income
Working Mothers and Household Composition
Education of the Parents
Private versus Public Schooling for Children
Patterns of Jewish Education of the Children
Household Composition and Jewish Characteristics of the Family
Summary

Chapter Four
Parental Decision Making Regarding Children’s Religious Socialization

Introduction
The Jewish Child Population in Interfaith Families—the Data
Theoretical Framework
The Theory in Its Social Context
Data
Hypotheses
Methodology
Findings
Flowchart Analysis of CHAID Results
Multivariate Analysis
Beyond Religious Identity
Summary

Chapter Five
Living in a Unique Jewish Environment: The Children of New York

Introduction
The Demographic Characteristics of the Children of New York
The Religious and Social Jewish Environment of Children in New York and the United States
Summary

Chapter Six
It Takes a Whole Community to Raise Jewish Children

Introduction
Day-Care and After-School Programs under Jewish and Non-Jewish Auspices
Adoptive Families
Participation in Jewish Camping
Participation in Jewish Youth Groups
Summary

Chapter Seven
Population Projections for U.S. Jewish Children

Introduction
The Potential Jewish Child Population in 1990
Assumptions of the Demographic Projection Model
Projected Child Population: 1995—Demographic and Sociological Scenarios
1995 Projection—The Impact of Intermarriage
Year 2000 Projection—The Impact of Intermarriage
The Decline in Potential Mothers
Raising ‘Effectively’ Jewish Children in Mixed Households in 1995 and 2000
Summary

Chapter Eight
Conclusion

From a Community Perspective

Appendix
The Methodology of the National Jewish Population Survey
by Joseph Waksberg

Notes

Works Cited

About the Authors

Subject Index

Index of Names

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.