Age of assignment of roles and responsibilities to children

Human Development • Vol/Iss. 18 • Published In • Pages: 353-369 •
By Rogoff, Barbara, Sellers, Martha Julia, Pirrotta, Sergio, Fox, Nathan, White, Sheldon H.

Hypothesis

The assignment of novel social, sexual, and cultural roles and responsibilities in childhood will be most common between ages 5 and 7 (353, 365).

Note

See pages 365-6 for a full list of variables.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of frequenciesPartially supportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Child-rearingDependentSocialization