Using historical and content analysis, we examine the role of qualitative family research andfind that, although it has a long and impressive heritage, it generally is ignored by contemporary social scientists. The argument is made that qualitative as well as quantitative research are indispensible and that the failure of scholars, as of late, to recognize this simple fact seriously undermines the progress of family social science.
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LaRossa et al. (1985) studied this question.