Examination of differences in maximal heart rate and treadmill time among three ethnic groups revealed no significant age-adjusted differences among white, black, and Mexican-American males, and suggested that black females' lower maximal heart rate may be explained by their lower cardiovascular fitness level when compared to those of other…

Compares pre-CETA and post-CETA earnings and income for racial and sexual categories, controlling for age and education. It was found that White gains exceed those for Blacks but that the White income distribution appears to converge with that of Blacks after CETA. (CT)

Investigated race and sex differences in work values of middle managers (N=322). Results revealed White females placed more importance on extrinsic outcomes than did White males, whereas Black males rated extrinsic outcomes as more important than did Black females. Found Blacks placed more importance on independence than Whites, and women more…

The life tables in this report are current life tables for the United States based on age-specific death rates in 1997. Beginning with the 1997 tables, U.S. life tables have been constructed with a new methodology that is similar to that used in the decennial life tables. Life expectancy and other tables are shown for the first time for ages 85 to…

Examined the high risk hypothesis and the social loss hypothesis and their relation to fear of death in a national sample of noninstitutionalized adults (N=1,374). The social loss hypothesis was developed and tested across race, sex, age, religion, education, and health status. Both hypotheses were rejected. (Author/NB)

Studied three types of nonverbal intimacy cues (smiling behavior, eye contact, and synchronous leaning forward) in Black female, Black male, and White male dyads. Results indicated that combined effects of race and gender make it incorrect to generalize previous research on "Blacks" or on "women" to Black women. (GC)

Aesthetic, economic, social, political, religious, and theoretical values of 120 Black and White elementary school students were examined. Results showed significant differences between Blacks and Whites only in social and religious values. Social class and sex did not appear to be determinants of values. (GC)

Black counselors tended to use a societal focus of problem diagnosis more frequently than did White counselors. However, while Whites' diagnoses were almost exclusively individual, Blacks employed a more equal distribution of individually and societally focused responses. The significance of counselor sex differences was relatively weak.…

Explored transition to first sexual intercourse among Chicano, Latino, African-American, and white adolescents. Hypothesis that, with age, teenagers would move from being more influenced by proximate factors to being more influenced by distal world of peers and community was partially confirmed, but there were significant differences between males…

Cranial capacities were calculated from external head measurements reported for a stratified random sample of 6,325 Army personnel measured in 1988. Data suggest that human populations differ in brain size by race and sex. The major source of variation in data was sex; race was second and rank last. (Author/SLD)

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)

A total of 106 subjects ranging in age from 6 to 20 years performed two face-recognition tasks, with photo portraits of Caucasians and Orientals. Although the youngest children recognized both kinds of faces equally well, recognition accuracy for Caucasian faces was superior to that for Oriental faces among older subjects. (Author/RH)

Focusing on gender as a stimulus variable, this study explored whether performer and respondent's gender and ethnicity would affect the labeling of toddler behavior. In addition, such demographic variables as age, education level, and contact with children were investigated. From a subject pool of 928, a total of 528 subjects were drawn, equally…

The purpose of this research was to investigate nonverbal communication through channel perception while observing any significant differences among race, sex, and social class background variables. In addition, differences and/or similarities in Afrocentric and Eurocentric world views in regard to nonverbal channel perception and cultural…