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