We trust and confide in each other. We have the same problems over and over. Family members feel loyal to each other. Our family is able to accomplish what we want to do. Our family has control over the things that happen to it.
Family members respect each other.
We argue about the same things over and over. Respondents checked activities they do with their family in Part II of the survey. Respondents were instructed to check as many activities as applied to their family. Frequencies of responses for each type of activity are presented in Table 2 below. The activity with families most frequently reported by respondents was watching TV, followed by watching sporting events, shopping, playing board games or puzzles, working with pets or livestock, and athletic activities.