The lowering of the age of majority has raised doubts concerning the legality of regulations that restrict students over 18 from declaring themselves financially independent of their parents. This paper briefly examines the argument concerning the assumption that parents are responsible for financing the education of their children. With these…

This paper examines the problem of collecting financial data on aid applicants. A 10% sample (12,383) of student records was taken from the 1968-69 alphabetic history file for the ACT Student Need Analysis Service. Random sub-samples were taken in certain phases of the study. A relatively small number of financial variables were found to predict…

The objectives of this study were to develop and analyze social patterns of rural family income in Jackson County, Florida, formulating criteria useful for upgrading living levels for families under different environmental conditions. Datawere collected by interview-type field schedules from all families within selected clusters of households. The…

This report investigates the relationship between the national unemployment rate and labor force participation among the urban poor. In addition to comparing participation by the urban poor to that of the general population, the report pays special attention to married women and blacks. Based on a cross-sectional analysis of the 52 largest…

A ten item questionnaire dealing with parental family income, the legalization of marijuana, pollution, and a volunteer army was administered to the entering freshman class on September 6, 1970. The results indicate that the freshmen tend to underestimate the actual earning power of their fellow students' families by approximately $1,800. However,…

The College Scholarship Service (CSS) was established to develop a standardized need analysis system and collateral services that had to provide: (1) a standard form for the collection of data pertaining to family income, assests and other family circumstances that might affect parental ability to pay for higher education; (2) a rationale for…

To followup an earlier study of the relative importance of age, education, and marital status as variables influencing female participation in the labor force, this research attempts to measure the relative importance of similar factors in determining whether or not a woman works or wishes to work. Particular emphasis was given to such…

This study attempted to provide information to assist in developing a program plan for youth work in a five-county area served by the Missouri Extension Program. An attempt was made to (1) determine the extent and diversity of the problems confronting the youth in the area studied, (2) analyze the problems and select those that could be programmed…

In support of the relevance of home economics as vocational education, the economic value of the housewife's work is reviewed and the wife's contributions (which are too intangible to price) to the family and society are discussed. (BM)

The results of this study suggest that discussions about alienated youths retreating to drugs may be oversimplified; it is possible that drugs have become such an acceptable part of the youth culture that alienation has little to do with overall consumption. (JD)

Taken from a paper on "The Economic and Employment Status of Asian Women in America" by Pauline Fong and Amado Cabezas of ASIAN, Inc., this brief analysis of statistics on Asian women indicates that highly educated Asian women do not have higher incomes or better jobs than many of those with less education.

States that if the wife is to work, it is important that her occupation reflect favorably on the family's socioeconomic position. This need for status offsets the need for her occupation to be of a nonthreatening status. It is suggested that the amount of disruptive competition which would occur if both the husband and wife worked has been…

Examined maternal employment from perspective of child, using data from 1960, 1970, and 1980 Public Use Samples of United States Census. Results showed that most important factors determining probability of preschool child having employed mother were number of preschool siblings; child's age; mother's education level, age, and marital status; and…

Data from the 1970 Brazilian Census are used to explore the effects of parents' investments in their children's education on the pattern of future income distribution and on the intergenerational transmission of inequality, using a simulation model. Appended are 21 references. (Author)

Presents results of a survey concerning the daily life of Turkish women working in West Germany, both those working for pay and those working within the family. Focuses on the interrelationship between women's roles outside and inside the family and the effects of paid work on women. (KH)