Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-140) and index.
Theory and methodology. -- The demography of the Jewish child population. -- The impact of home background on the socialization of children. -- Parental decision making regarding children's religious socialization. -- Living in a unique Jewish environment : the children of New York. -- It takes a whole community to raise Jewish children. -- Population projections for U.S. Jewish children. -- Conclusion. -- Appendix : The methodology of the National Jewish population survey / by Joseph Waksberg