Wide occupational differentials in interracial marriage rates in Hawaii have persisted for more than a decade, although all groups have recorded increases. Rates showed high negative correlations with income levels. (Author)

Examined effects of several socioeconomic variables on global marital satisfaction, reciprocity, and evaluation of spouse's role performance in 150 black spouses. On the whole, subjective indices such as perceived economic adequacy were more closely related to all aspects of marital quality than were objective measures of income, education, or…

This replication and extension of a study of social class differences in parental use of physical punishment suggests that the widespread practice of using social class as an independent variable in socialization research suppresses important relationships between occupational group and socialization practices. (Author)

Parallel analyses of effects of wife's social origin and educational attainment on husband's occupational attainment are presented for the two countries. The effects are very limited in the United States, but quite strong in Britain. Findings are discussed in light of expected differences in stratification systems of the two countries. (Author)

Presents a causal explanation predicting kinship ties involving division of labor and the usefulness of kin. Data on white households in the Public Use Sample of the 1900 U.S. Census confirmed that wife's parents would be more common in nonfarm households, while husband's parents would predominate in farm households. (JAC)

The purdah system limits a woman's mobility outside her home. In the present paper, special emphasis is placed on the influence of purdah observance and values on women's participation in modern occupations. Medicine and teaching are found to be the most important high prestige occupations. (Author)

Using a national sample of 249 employed couples, effects of own and spouse's education, occupational status, and income are assessed on three dimensions of psychological functioning: ideational flexibility, self-directedness of orientation, and distress. Results for each dimension of psychological functioning are given. (Author/BL)

This paper discusses the role of income in altering the risk of unstable marriages among white and nonwhite men. A causal model in which education and occupation are seen as causes of income is examined but research concluded that income rather than other indicators has the direct effect on marriage stability. (Author/CG)

It is argued that past research on family structure and stratification processes affecting family members has obscured the distinction between achievement of socioeconomic status and social mobility. Data on household structure and educational and occupational patterns of a sample of male household heads in Santiago, Chile, in 1960 are used.…