Quality of life in adulthood (ages 27-47) was investigated; age, marital status and sex were considered the primary variables. Attention was given to the consideration of the current crises-oriented theory of adult development. The interrelationship of the variables was of principle interest in assessing life satisfaction and personality…

Large disparities between blacks and whites in both earnings and income have persisted during the period since World War II. In this paper estimates are presented of the contribution of labor market discrimination to the earnings differential. Lower and upper bounds on this contribution are set. Also measured is the extent to which labor market…

Differences in life outlook and self-perceived health often attributed to age differences among the elderly were found to be more accurately explained by education. The young-old (62-74 years) and the old-old (75 years and older) were compared among 495 elderly in two rural counties in western Arkansas during 1977. The respondents had a median…

The motivations of 275 women who were employed full-time, employed part-time, homemakers full-time or vounteeer workers were studied. Analysis of variance was used to test for differences between motivational groups within employment status categories on the demographic variables of personal income, age, educational level and number of children…

Approximately 4,000 children took part in a study of the reading attainments of children from different social-class backgrounds in Irish primary schools to find out if the progessive reading gap between children from different home backgrounds that has been observed in other countries could also be found in Irish school children. Tests were…

The purpose of this analysis is to provide an estimate of the mean correlation of home environment measures with learning measures across studies and to indicate sample and study characteristics associated with different magnitudes of correlation. University of Chicago studies of behavioral processes and British investigations of parental…

A content analysis conducted in two successive years of family role structures and family role interaction patterns of U.S. television families constituted a role-by-role behavior description of family verbal interaction, classified within directional categories of going toward, going against, or going away. All family-role interactions, whether…

In order to investigate the levels of self-acceptance of occupational and transfer students, a sample of 1,190 students enrolled in four Illinois community colleges were administered a personal data sheet and the Berger Self-Acceptance Scale (SAS). The data sheet recorded age (below 20, 21-25, and over 25), marital status (married or single), and…

This feasibility report reflects the increasing demand for program accountability at the graduate level. The information presented is related to decision-making by policy makers and prospective graduate students. Included are the measurement instruments which were developed to sample 24 doctoral programs in chemistry and psychology and 25 in…

A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFERENCE IN VERBAL INTEREST EXPRESSION BETWEEN THOSE WHO ATTEND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THOSE WHO DO NOT ATTEND. A RANDOM SAMPLE OF ADULTS WHO HAD ATTENDED THE LAST SESSION OF EVENING SCHOOL IN FIVE IOWA COMMUNITIES WERE COMPARED TO NONPARTICIPANTS. THE 338 INTERVIEWEES RESPONDED TO EACH OF…

CONSULTATIONS SPONSORED BY THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ARE SUMMARIZED. APPROXIMATELY 100 REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRY, LABOR, WOMEN'S AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS ATTENDED THE CONSULTATION ON PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SPEECHES WERE PRESENTED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND…

The author takes issue with an unnamed supervisory educator who opposes bilingual education. Wilson points out that to avoid wasting human resources it is essential that better education be provided for Mexican-Americans in order to cut down the repeating of grades and dropping out by students whose "home language" is not English.…

A comparison of national statistics on health services available in rural and urban areas of the United States from 1935-1966 revealed a relatively lower supply of health services per capita in rural areas and significant geographic differences in the supply of trained health personnel. It was shown that medical expenditures per family tended to…

A national study of the socialclass composition of 490 schools in 41 large cities is reported. The emphasis is on the social class composition of schools rather than individual pupils. The dependent variables in this research on social stratification deal mainly with behavior, attitudes, and attributes of the key teachers and principals who can…

A study was made of factors in mature female curriculum planning in Tucson, Arizona, vocational institutions. The study included a community facilities inventory, employer needs and attitudes, needs and interests of women 35 and older, and determination of how well the needs of industry could be fulfilled by community assets and human resources. A…