Urban League says capitalizing on family strengths can help solve social problems. (Editor)

The Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions discusses its policy of permitting one-parent adoptions for hard-to-place children, successful so far in a review of 36 out of 40 cases. A longitudinal study is planned. (NH)

Summarizes statistical data illustrating changing family patterns, number of children with working mothers, racial factors, and child care trends and costs. (SK)

Examines whether variations in the levels of attained schooling across groups can be explained by a model that assumes that captial markets are perfect and that individuals maximize wealth. Available from Editorial Office, Review of Economics and Statistics, M-8 Littauer Center, Cambridge, MA 02138. (Author/IRT)

Two procedures for validating incomes self-reported in ranges by University of Kentucky doctoral graduates indicate that the self-report data are generally accurate. Comparison of nonrespondent income with respondent income in state income tax records reveals that nonrespondents average almost $3,500 less income during the year than did…

Conceptualizes cohesion as contextually adapted clause level redundancies and focuses on emergent literacy. Analyzes 96 texts for indices of context/register appropriate cohesion and wording choices. Finds significant income and emergent reading category main effects. Suggests developmental patterns and an identifiable level of code-switching…

Low income families were interviewed to determine the factors related to the number of family food servings per week. More food servings were found to be associated with participation in WIC, household size, and the number of different income sources. The number of food servings decreased the last week of the month, particularly in families with…

Young husbands and wives with children had less formal education and lower incomes than couples without children. Couples in both groups had total expenditures that exceeded their after-tax income. The economic status of young families with children varied depending on the wife's employment status and the number of children. (BC)

In contrast to findings of the 1970s that much poverty was episodic, data from an income panel study indicate that the incidence of chronic poverty increased after 1973 and accelerated in the early 1980s. Trends were sharper among African Americans and women than among whites and men. Contains 30 references. (Author/SV)

Examined role of gender in responsibility for children in 60 2-income couples, testing effect of spouses' employment hours, wife's relative income, and couple's employment profile. Found women carried more responsibility for child than did men. Only one characteristic of women's employment, number of hours worked, affected their level of…

Examined spousal division of work inside and outside family home in couples (N=43) and cognitions men attach to their work and family roles. Found men's provider-role attitudes were related to their family work involvement. Found congruence of role beliefs and role behavior within home related to higher levels of marital satisfaction for men.…

Among Chicano and Mexican-born residents of five states, surveyed in 1979, inclusion of Spanish literacy produced a higher literacy rate than is generally cited for this population. Biliteracy and Spanish literacy were associated with educational achievement, family income, employment, and political participation. Associations with gender, age,…

Estimated effects of neighborhood and family poverty on maternal psychological and behavioral characteristics using data from 895 mothers. Neighborhood poverty was associated with poorer home physical environment and with less maternal warmth, controlling for family conditions. Home environment was adversely affected by family poverty, large…

Assesses distributive effects of state subsidies to undergraduate education in Illinois public universities and community colleges during 1989. The existing system of public subsidy to undergraduate education favors lower- and middle-income groups earning less than $40,000 yearly. Middle-income groups are major beneficiaries of community colleges.…