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  1. ". . . as industrialization and urbanization occur . . . 1) the number of parent surrogates is progressively reduced, 2) kin group demands are increasingly replaced by demands made on individuals by technological institutions . . . 3) grandparents come to be unable to serve as guides for children to the ethos and eidos of a culture" (155)Williams, Thomas Rhys - Kinship, kin groups, and socialization, 1972 - 4 Variables

    This textbook chapter outlines relationships between kinship and socialization. It also uses a three-point scale to describe the variation in enculturation processes for a sample of 128 societies. Without presenting a formal test, the author concludes that enculturation (as he measures it) is weaker in industrialized societies than in those without industrialization or urbanization.

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