An Ethnographic Approach to Understanding Service Use Among Ethnically Diverse Low Income Families

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 297-321

  Goldstein, Avery E ^a   Safarik, Lynn ^a   Reiboldt, Wendy ^a   Albright, Leonard ^a   Kellett, Carol ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural interviewing; Family diversity; Family ecologies; Low income families; Service use; Urban families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030335326     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v24n03_04     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Andranovich, G. D. & Riposa, G. (1993). Doing urban research. Applied Social Service Research Methods Series, 33, Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
2. Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
3. Bronfenbrenner, U. (1974). Developmental research, public policy, and the ecology of childhood. Child Development, 45, 1-5.
4. Burgess, R. G. (Ed.). (1985). Strategies of educational research. Philadelphia: Falmer.
5. Clifford, F. & Roark, A. C. (1991, May 6). Racial lines in county blur but could return. The Los Angeles Times, pp. A-1, A-20, A-23.
6. Daley, K. (1992). The fit between qualitative research and characteristics of families. In J. F. Gilgun, K. Daly and G. Handel (Eds.), Qualitative methods in family research (pp. 3-11). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
7. Dobbert, M. L. (1982). Ethnographic research: Theory and application for modern schools and societies. New York: Praeger.
8. Garbarino, J. (1992). The meaning of poverty in the world of children. American Behavioral Scientist, 35, 220-237.
9. Gardner, S. L. (1993). The ethics of collaboration. Georgia Academy Journal, 1(1), 2-4.
10. Gilgun, J. F. (1993). Publishing research reports based on qualitative methods. Marriage and Family Review, 18(1/2), 177-181.
11. Gilgun, J.F. (1992). Definitions, methodologies, and methods in qualitative family research. In J. F. Gilgun, K. Daly and G. Handel (Eds.), Qualitative methods in family research (pp. 22-39). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
12. Glaser, B., & Strauss, A. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory. Chicago: Aldine.
13. Harper, D. (1989). Visual Sociology: Expanding Sociological Vision. In G. Blank, J. L. Mc Cartney, & E. Brent (Eds.), New technology in sociology: Practical applications in research and work (pp. 81-97). NJ: Transaction.
14. Heath, S. B. & Mc Laughlin, M. W. (Eds.). (1993). Identity and inner-city youth: Beyond ethnicity and gender. New York: Teachers College Press.
15. Lincoln, Y.S. & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
16. Marshall, C. & Rossman, G. B. (1989). Designing qualitative research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
17. McKinney, M. H., Abrams, L. A., Terry, P. A., & Lerner, R. M. (1994). Child development research and the poor children of America: A call for a developmental contextual approach to research and outreach. Home Economics Research Journal, 23, 25-41
18. Melaville, A. I. & Blank, M. J. (October, 1992). What it takes: Structuring interagency partnerships to connect children and families with comprehensive services. Washington, DC: Education and Human Services Consortium.
19. Miles, M. B. & Huberman, A. M. (1984). Qualitative research methods. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
20. Miles, M. B. & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook (2nd ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
21. Morgan, D. L. & Krueger, R. A. (1993).When to use focus groups and why. In D. L. Morgan (Ed.), Successful focus groups (pp. 3-19). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
22. Naisbitt, J. (1994). Global paradox: The bigger the world economy, the more powerful its smallest players. New York: Morrow.
23. National Resource Center for Family Support Programs. (1993). Family support programs and comprehensive collaborative services. Chicago: Family Resource Coalition.
24. Padilla, R. V. (1993). HyperQua12 Version 1.0 [Computer Software]. Chandler, AZ: Author.
25. Patton, M. Q. (1980). Qualitative evaluation methods. Beverly Hills, CA. Sage.
26. Piaget, J. & Inhelder, B. (1969). The psychology of the child. New York: Basic Books.
27. Schorr, L. B. (1988). Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage. New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday.
28. Schuchardt, J., Marlowe, J., Parker, L., Smith, C. (1991). Low income families: Keys to successful outreach. Advancing the Consumer Interest, 3(2), 27-31.
29. Stainback, S. & Stainback, W. (1988). Understanding and conducting qualitative research. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
30. Stasz, D. (1979). The early history of visual sociology. In J.Wagner (Ed.), Images of information: Still photography in the social sciences (pp. 119-137) Newbury Park: Sage.
31. Tesch, R. (1990). Qualitative research: Analysis types and software tools. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis. U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. (August, 1992). Poverty in the United States: 1991. Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 181. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
32. Van Maanen, J. (1983). Qualitative Methodology. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
33. Van Maanen, J. (1979) The fact and fiction in organizational ethnography. Administrative Science Quarterly, 24, 536-611.
34. Worth, S. & Adair, J. (1972). Through Navaho eyes: An exploration in film communication and anthropology. Bloomington, IN: University Press.