ABSTRACT
From the earliest study, we were forced to recognise the pervasive influence of social class as a determinant of different patterns of child rearing. We had been very ready to recognise other factors, such as the child's sex or family position, as important; but at one and four years we could not identify either as a significant variable in relation to the questions we were asking. At seven, however, it quickly became clear that both sex and social class were operating at a high level of potency in the child's upbringing experience. We have therefore adopted a procedure for presenting our quantitative findings which allows us to observe the effects of sex and social class both separately and in combination.
