Examined changes in the age patterns of U.S. male and female suicide rates from 1934 to 1983. Found among Whites the age patterns of male and female suicide rates have become less concordant since about 1960. Found the age patterns of non-Whites have become more concordant since the mid-1950s. Identifies problems accounting for these changes.…

Examination of national mortality data revealed no overall change in suicide rates from 1979 to 1984. Only main effects for race, sex, and age group were significant predictors of total suicide rates. Males were at greater risk for suicide than same-race females; rates of suicide increased with age. African-American adolescents were racial group…

Reviews literature on Chinese patterns of socialization. Discusses methodological issues with respect to continuity versus change through time, and variation across geographical locations, systematically considering variables of gender, age, and social class. Concludes that departures from traditional pattern in different locations are evident,…

The information in this report on teenage victims of crime is based on data obtained from the National Crime Survey for the years 1982 through 1984. The introduction summarizes crimes against teenagers, highlighting numbers, rates of victimization, and differences in crimes against teenagers and adults. These topics are discussed in detail: (1)…

Presents epidemiological data for levels and trends in suicide among elderly, focusing on U.S. figures. Details age, sex, race, marital status, and methods of suicide as factors in suicide among the old. Discusses past trends and future predictions of changes in elderly suicide rates. Notes data and literatures on parasuicides and survivors of…

Examined demographic characteristics of high school tobacco-users across gender and ethnicity using data from the 1991-1995 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Current smoking increased, with one-third of 9th and 12th graders currently smoking in 1995 and 11% of all students using smokeless tobacco. Many students used tobacco before high school. Tobacco…

This paper reviews 20 cross-cultural studies conducted with the Defining Issues Test (DIT). All or part of the samples in the studies were non-Americans who had not been a part of the populations presented in the DIT manual. The studies were aimed at the comparison of moral reasoning structure and development across cultures. Several aspects of…

This publication presents data on the University of Wisconsin (UW) System new freshman enrollment for fall 1999. Data tables include new freshman headcount information: by institution, fall 1999; by institution, fall 1989, fall 1994, and fall 1999; by resident status and institution, fall 1999; by resident status, fall 1989 to fall 1999; by gender…

This report simultaneously examines alternative mobility decisions and changes in the demographic determinants of residential mobility over the period 1940-80. Alternative mobility decisions are defined as the choice to move locally, to migrate within a state, or to migrate between states. Determinants of mobility include age, race, sex, and…

Although the gap between women's and men's wages differs slightly depending on how the gap is measured, no matter how they are measured, women's earnings are below those received by men in 97% of the occupations for which data are available. Since 1979, women's earnings have been climbing when compared with men's earnings, gaining steeply during…

Focuses on the impact of household composition, educational attainment, and employment characteristics on household income for Puerto Rican householders in New York and other areas of the United States, from 1970 to 1980. Suggests that deteriorating economic conditions of Puerto Ricans are a result of joblessness and low-skilled, low-wage jobs…

The 5% set-aside fund from the federal Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services block grant of 1984 provided a special emphasis on women's entry into treatment programs. Secondary analysis of admissions data from the Iowa Division of Substance Abuse Management Information System for 1984 to 1986 demonstrated that there was a change in the trend…

This study reveals that sex and race differences are declining in both immediate and delayed entry to college. (Author/AM)

Explored relationship between the salience of death and decade, sex, age, and education through a nationally representative, random sample of 1,428 respondents in 1957 and 1976 using a thematic apperceptive procedure. A significant historical increase in concerns about death was found, although the change was strongest among women and the young.…

Used combined data from six national surveys conducted from 1973-1978 to study patterns of interreligious marriage in the mid-1970s and to indicate changes since 1957. Findings suggested a strong continuing trend toward secularization of the institution of marriage. (Author)