A study of 89 Basic Educational Opportunity Grants requiring validation disclosed some disheartening data: an overall total understatement of $54,982 in adjusted gross income and a total overstatement of $1,164 paid in U.S. income taxes. This data was compared to the institutional cost of the validation process. (MLW)

Student expenditures on college are analyzed according to source of funds, variations over time, place of residence, high school achievement, and family income. The distribution is shown to vary widely according to these variables, but little evidence is found that public aid programs are misdirected. (MSE)

Parental education was found to be the most important factor in the relationship of socioeconomic status and parental and adolescent goals. Both mother's and father's aspirations were higher for boys than for girls. Low maternal education and expectations were tied to relatively low goal levels found among young women. (Author/GC)

Examines predictors of turnover of female factory workers in a multivariate framework. Findings indicate that organizational, job, and personal characteristics are equally important in explaining turnover. Variables significantly related to turnover are tenure, cycle time, peer leadership, communication flow, training time, family income, and…

Notes that President Clinton's final budget provides $94 billion of tax relief for American families. Discusses the education tax credit, including the Hope Scholarship and Pell Grant awards; children's health insurance coverage, aimed primarily at low-income children; the child tax credit, aimed at working families; and the capital gains tax cut,…

Surveyed students regarding teacher characteristics. Found sex differences but no age, family income, or geographic differences in "good teacher" characteristics; there were sex and private versus public school differences in poor teacher characteristics. Also found that attitude toward students was deemed as important as class content,…

Compared demographic characteristics, incomes, and selected expenditures of two representative samples--male-headed households who pay child support and female-headed households who receive it--based on data from 1985 Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Results showed major disparities in levels of living of these two samples, based on measures of per…

Examines cross-metropolitan variation in Puerto Rican poverty rates using an instrumental variables regression model. The analysis highlights the roles of residential segregation and economic restructuring on Puerto Rican poverty rates in 1970 and 1980. During the 1970s, the contributory effects of segregation grew stronger, whereas the…

Analysis of the family contributions of 2,544 dependent first-time college students at 396 institutions revealed that, although many parents contribute more than anticipated, many inequities among income groups persist, regardless of college cost level. Policy alternatives to reduce inequities are discussed. (Author/MSE)

Examines the child-care needs and arrangements of working and nonworking-poor and working-class families relative to middle-class families. Suggests that child-care decisions of low-income parents appear to be very similar to those of high-income parents; what differs is access, including convenience, and the ability to afford adequate programs.…

A study of farm operator households indicates that although women participate in farm management, men still manage the majority of farms; women farm operators spend fewer hours in farm and off-farm work than men; and when women work in off-farm employment, the household has a higher average income. (LP)

Uses a review of historical relations and an analysis of the current status of African Americans to critically examine educational opportunity for African Americans in the United States. In particular, the role that educational tracking plays in the relation of employment and educational achievement in the African-American population is detailed.…

Summarizes a study of the Family Union, an agency intended to provide services to prevent the placement of children of client families in New York City's Lower East Side into foster care. Discusses child welfare policy recommendations and research opportunities. (BB)

Examined the association between maternal depression, maternal separation anxiety, social support, and maternal involvement in the day-care center among 54 upper-income mothers and their infants. Found that higher levels of maternal involvement in day care were associated with lower levels of maternal depression. (MDM)

Analyzed national data to identify characteristics that distinguished early and late coital behavior among black adolescent females. Compared to early coital initiators, late coital initiators were better informed about sexual issues and were exposed to life circumstances that encouraged them to delay sexual onset (two-parent families, higher…