The first section of this article describes the quality of the home environment of some 200 families and identifies 4 dimensions useful in characterizing home environments. The second section relates these home environment descriptors to a series of antecedent factors likely to influence the organization and quality of the home environment. Data are presented for each set of antecedent factors separately, and combined in a series of regression analyses. Results indicate that each antecedent factor has some effect, but that values and cultural/lifestyle choices, rather than material conditions, are the strongest predictors of home environment differences.
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