Chicano Families and Women's Roles, 1977

This study was designed to examine the effects of economic, social, educational, and cultural factors on the family structure of the Chicano family in order to provide a more comprehensive view of the Chicano family than other studies which had been conducted at the time. Fifty Chicano couples in Fresno, CA participated in intensive interviews which covered the topics of husband-wife relationships, decision making, household tasks, child care, extended family network systems, family interactions in social and recreational activities, attitudes toward machismo, male-female roles, general political awareness, and demographic variables. Husbands and wives were interviewed separately by bilingual Chicano interviewers and interviews took approximately 2.5 hours to complete. Fresno was chosen because of the high concentration of Chicanos (over 25%) in the population and care was taken to select approximately equal numbers of working, middle, and upper middle-class families with an equal distribution of housewives and working wives.
The Murray Research Archive holds 97 original record paper interview questionnaires, and numeric file data from the study.