Abstract
Residents of Appalachia have long been considered isolated, "old-fashioned," and "traditional" when compared with the rest of the United States. Such terms as "yesterday's people" have been utilized to describe present-day Appalachians, and romanticized ideas abound as to the contemporary Appalachian family. It is still quite often pictured as extended and highly familistic. This research consisted of a study of 675 rural families throughout the state of West Virginia, which is the only state entirely within the Appalachian area. The interviewees tended to live in nuclear families. They did not display the expected degree of familism. Familism is related to sex, race, employment status, and church attendance.
Recommended Citation
Crissman, James. 1989. "Family Type and Familism in Contemporary Appalachia." Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 06(1): Article 4. Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol06/iss1/4
Publication Date
12-31-1989
