Gender Perspectives in Family Socialization

Milutinović Bojanić, Sanja and Pudar Draško, Gazela and Pavić Zenter, Verica and Ćeriman, Jelena and Todorović, Bojan and Nikčević Batrićević, Aleksandra and Milatović, Biljana and Simović, Saša and Mrdak Mićović, Milena (2013) Gender Perspectives in Family Socialization. [Study]

Study description

This research project examines the values and upbringing practices of fathers and mothers in the process of gender socialization of children in families in Serbia and Montenegro. The main motivation for examining the values in contemporary Serbian and Montenegrin families stems from the fact that tendencies for re-patriarchalization and re-traditionalisation of social life have been noticed in these countries. Starting point is that the patriarchal matrix is still the modeling agent for the gender system of relations within the families. The main goal of the project is to examine the process of social construction of gender by analyzing values and upbringing practices of fathers and mothers, which reflect the socio-cultural and historical contexts, which in turn support this construct through the reproduction of the patriarchal matrix. Specific goals of the project are: 1. Determining the role, upbringing practices and attitudes of parents in the process of gender socialization of boys and girls in the family; 2. Determining the parents’ perception about the gender components of upbringing practices; 3. Determining the dominant model of upbringing practices in the public discourse intended for parents. The purpose of the research is to enrich the corpus of scientific knowledge in this topic area with new data on social construction of gender in Serbia and Montenegro. The research can also be a basis for subsequent activities by the public sector in terms of defining the course in which changes should take place, as well as a reference for defining national development strategies.

Keywords:	Serbia, gender, Montenegro, family, parenting, upbringing practices
Depositing User:	Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2019 12:39
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2019 12:39
URI:	http://dcs.ien.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/43
Additional details Additional details Alternative title: Rodne perspektive u porodičnoj socijalizaciji Creators: Creators Email Milutinović Bojanić, Sanja UNSPECIFIED Pudar Draško, Gazela UNSPECIFIED Pavić Zenter, Verica UNSPECIFIED Ćeriman, Jelena UNSPECIFIED Todorović, Bojan UNSPECIFIED Nikčević Batrićević, Aleksandra UNSPECIFIED Milatović, Biljana UNSPECIFIED Simović, Saša UNSPECIFIED Mrdak Mićović, Milena UNSPECIFIED Type of data: qualitative and quantitative data Study period: From To 1 January 2012 31 January 2013 Temporal coverage: From To 2012 2012 Date: 18 August 2013 Geographic coverage: Serbia, Montenegro Study method: Withing this study researchers conducted qualitative interviews with both parents of household (25 households in Serbia and 25 in Montenegro). The interview covered different areas of family life and parenting. They also conducted a content analysis of online media in the Serbian language. It was prepared as a structural complement to qualitative online research. Content related to parenting, children raising and growing up has been analyzed. The main issue that research team was faced are related to predefining the family in terms of the operationalexplanation that precedes the sampling stage. Family is operationally predefined as a nuclear unit consisting of two parents of different sex/gender and their minor children living in the same household, and referring to the modern nuclear family. Selecting a group to research is difficult and binding task, as we had to make a choice of whom to speak to in a limited frame of qualitative research design in respect to the territorial integrity of the sample Aiming to investigate the socialisation models and perceptions of the still dominant family structure, the researchers chose to speak to people from this particular group. The logic behind choosing the middle class is somewhat similar – due to the limitations of the numbers in the sample, we had to renounce some aspects, and to make a cut-off line above and below the middle class. The Serbian society is transitional or soon to be post transitional, and researchers choose for the sample to use the transition definition of the middle class, that is defined by the legal and the grey economy income (the Serbian invention of the “grey” economy, whilst this particular economy colour practitioners do not pay taxes, but also do not have an income coming from criminal operations, other than tax evasion that is). Additional to income, they considered the middle class in Serbia and in Montenegro lifestyle factors, including the (financial) ability to reach the needed institutions and services for the daily functioning of a family, assessed average ability to cover the monthly expenses of the household, and a potential small investment power (including being able to afford going on vacation, having extra classes for the children, owning all needed house hold items, and appliances, etc). The original sample was planned to be 25 families in each country, which meant 50 interviewed pairs (mothers and fathers) in each sample. The final sample in Serbia included 25 families, from six municipalities, having urban vs. rural division as a second level divider, with 14 families living in urban areas, and 11 in rural areas. The sample in Montenegro had 27 families, from seven municipalities, with 17 families living in urban areas, and 10 in rural areas. Slight differences in the quotas came from the geographical specifics of the observed countries. Serbian population is in majority grouping in the regional centres, and the surrounding villages, and in Montenegro, the existence of the long sea coast is influencing the urban representation in the sample. The main concern regarding the sample was in ensuring the possibility to spot different parenting strategies in regional terms, as well as the country and the genders of the children, and they are noted as such, so that the research team is content with the outcome of the sampling. Methods of bias control the researchers used in the field included using different trained researchers to conduct the interviews, gender matching in the Serbian sample between the male and female interview partner and the interviewer. Other than the data collecting, the transcribing was done by several different people, and was sample-controlled before the initial coding. The coding procedure was team controlled (the person doing the coding was not doing the critical reading of the codebook, but received feedback from the team members working on the other parts of the project). Resource language: Serbian Metadata language: Serbian Publisher: UK Data Archive Copyright holders: RRPP Contact email address: sanja.bojanic@gmail.com Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 12:39