This study measures and evaluates the premarital sexual standards of a sample of adolescents residing in a small Mississippi community. On the basis of their response patterns to a set of Guttman scale items, the students were classified into three standards: abstinence, double standard, and the single standard of permissiveness. A racial…

That sexual differentiation and racial differentiation in the occupational structure does not vary substantially across U.S. metropolitan areas is a conclusion of this study. (Author/AM)

The article reviews the application of Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) on the performance of the sexes based on scholarly achievements. It also compares the result of the RPM to Standard Progressive Matrices and to Colored Progressive Matrices. (TLJ)

Black men and women get lower status jobs than their white counterparts. Analysis of data from the 1967 National Longitudinal Survey of Work Experience of Women 30-44 Years of Age and the 1962 Occupational Changes in a Generation Survey demonstrates that lower social origins and educational attainments are insufficient explanations of blacks'…

Based on a study investigating rural poverty in the U.S. subregion termed the "Midsouth," this article indicates that general policies designed to promote rural economic development and reduce poverty will have substantial impact upon poor rural whites while the non-white rural poor will require special programs. (JC)

Three conclusions are discussed: (1) women in American Indian societies were generally viewed as inferior to men; (2) their daily routines were really not much different from those of white women; and (3) a number of Indian women were provided economic, social, and political opportunities not afforded white women. (Author/JC)

Compared urbanized obese and nonobese American Indians and Caucasians on the Mini-Mult Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and I-E Scale (N=160). Found that the Indian sample had higher Hypomania scale scores. Males had higher Depression and Hypochondriasis scale scores than females. Mini-Multi and I-E Scale scores were similar across…

Examined gender and racial differences in the grandparenting strengths and needs of working-class grandparents (N=192). Grandmothers perceived themselves as more involved in teaching their grandchildren and more successful in the grandparent role than did grandfathers. African-American grandparents considered themselves more involved in teaching…

Notes that except for black males, a greater transmission effect is found among respondents from childhood homes disrupted by divorce or separation rather than by death. Also suggests that the role model rationale for the transmission of marital instability be elaborated upon. (Author/AM)

Study compares presentation of black and whites, males and females on "MTV" and "Video Soul." Finds blacks more likely to be shown as helpful and caring, male and female whites more antisocial than prosocial. (MS)

Investigated the validity of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) with a sample of preschool-age children. The K-ABC did not differentiate between age or sex groups, but blacks scored lower than whites. The findings are supportive of previous validity students and two-factor theories of intelligence. (Author/ABB)

Based on an unpublished Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (1966).

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE FOLLOWING APPROACHES TO TEACHING FIRST GRADE READING (1) A TRADITIONAL BASAL READER, (2) BASAL READER PLUS INTENSIVE PHONICS INSTRUCTION, AND (3) THE LATTER TWO METHODS PLUS SENSORY EXPERIENCES. THESE THREE APPROACHES WERE TRIED FOR 140 SCHOOL DAYS (1 YEAR), USING 28 FIRST-GRADE CLASSES. THEY WERE…

Compares the patterns of fear of crime among the aged and the non-aged. Four key specifying variables were used in the analysis--sex, race, socioeconomic status, and size of community. Findings indicated that elderly respondents who were either female, black, or metropolitan residents possessed extremely high fear rates. (Author)

The relationship between susceptibility to group pressure and the racial composition of small groups was explored in this study of 280 fourth, fifth and sixth graders. On tests of perceptual judgment, Negro children showed more conformity than whites, and girls more than boys. (Author/NH)