The relationship between student participation in high school extracurricular activities and the desire for further social recognition after high school is examined. (DE)

Many effects of physical attractiveness can be explained by viewing it as a status characteristic and applying a theory of status characteristics and expectations to it. Tests showed that attractiveness produces predictable differences in expectations and attractiveness characteristics can be modified in combination with additional status…

This research note applies latent structure methods to the analysis of a set of survey items designed to measure prejudice toward Blacks. Data are taken from 1972 and 1977 national samples. Six survey items are included. Results are discussed. (DB)

The relationship between class and voting has been described using concepts such as class voting, political distinctiveness of classes, class distinctiveness of parties, and class solidarity. A model is developed to analyze under what conditions the index of class voting is affected by different ways of classifying occupational groups. (Author/JB)

Evaluates sociological studies which show that socioeconomic status and mental illness are inversely related and hypothesizes that this relationship exists for some disorders but not others. Findings from a study of approximately 10,000 first admissions to state hospitals indicate that an inverse relationship exists only for organic and…

Discusses characteristics of family members which influence social standing of the family. Most important characteristics are occupational and educational attainments of husbands and wives. Ascribed characteristics deriving from social origins are also significant. (Author/DB)

Reviews literature dealing with social class and status, and presents a structural theory of the relationship between class and status group formation. Evidence is presented from studies of solidarity among 17 American ethnic groups and of voting in Australia. (Author/DB)

This study investigates the influence of family background on (1) number of years of schooling completed, and (2) the probability of advancing to the next grade having successfully completed the present grade. Results showed decreasing influence of family background under number one but a remarkably stable influence under model two. (JDH)

Discusses the institutional effects of education as a system of social legitimation which confers success on some and failure on others. Comparative and experimental studies are suggested. (Author/DB)

Suggests that ethnic prejudice in Israel is a general phenomenon and not limited to the schooling process. Research shows similar patterns of ethnic inequality in terms of achievement and the operation of status generalization. (Author/KC)

This article compares a West German and American research study which found that members of various social classes usually preferred to interact with people in a higher social class. (DE)

A study of U.S. high school students surveyed by Project Talent in 1960 and followed up 11 years later showed that familiarity with and interest in high culture has a significant positive effect on educational attainment, college attendance, college completion, graduate attendance, and marital selection for men and women. (Author/RM)