Family, Education, and Social Change

7  Introduction 11 Chapter I: The Collective Survey: Family Practices in Oran 45 Chapter II: Models of Children and Family Practices   Badra MOUTASSEM-MIMOUNI 65 Chapter III: Parents and Their Adolescents – Cross Perspectives   Fatima Zohra SEBAA 79 Chapter IV: Measuring Family Relationships   Zohra CHAABANE 109 Chapter V: Social Change and the Family in Algeria   Sidi Mohammed MOHAMMEDI 123 Chapter VI: Educational Models in School Textbooks   Mostéfa MIMOUNI 151 Chapter VII: Analysis of the Relationship Between Family and Media, and Family Bonds   Mustapha MEDJAHDI 177 General Synthesis and Conclusions   Badra MOUTASSEM-MIMOUNI

Numerous studies (CRASC, ONS, CREAD, etc.) have examined changes in family structure in Algeria. The growing trend towards the nuclear family (69% of all Algerian families), the rise in life expectancy (from 53 years in 1970 to 76 years in 2006), the more visible participation of women in the workforce, and the significant increase in school enrolment rates (97%), are among the most influential factors driving change, not only in family structure as a whole, but also at the level of the individuals who make up those families...