Analyzes the economic and employment status of the Negro, Spanish-American, Oriental American and Indian minority groups, focusing on the general income and occupational status of urban minorities; age, region, education, marital status, and income differences between minority urban males; and, the economic status of urban females. (JM)

Focuses on two problem areas: first, technical problems relating to the data used in the study; and second, analytical problems relating to the interpretation of the results. (Author/JM)

Argues that in most black families, whether low income or not, both spouses share decision making and the performance of expected tasks: national data show that over 70 percent of the heads of black families are males, and that the husband's earnings surpass the wife's in most low income black families. (Author/JM)