Life history interview tracked the movement of five middle-class women attending classes through a continuing education center for women. The center facilitated their movement through developmental stages but hampered their movement between stages, their abandonment of old social roles, and their construction of new roles. (BJV)

Compares differences in parental role perceptions of white middle class four year olds cared for in day care centers and at home. Results revealed significant differences in the peceptions of both mothers and fathers of day care and home care children as well as sex differences among the children. (DST)

This study extends earlier work on parental teaching style and examines effects of parental intrusiveness on a subsequent task. Analysis of audio recordings of 22 Caucasian middle-class parent-child dyads audiotaped over a two-week period while dyads were learning aspects of LOGO computer programing showed that children of directive parents…

This article focuses primarily on how changes in occupational structure affect the distribution of earnings of individuals. It also considers the contribution of changes to the distribution of earnings of individuals caused by changes in the distribution of earnings by occupation over the 1973-82 period. (Author/CT)

In a follow-up study of paternal involvement in childrearing, it was found, as hypothesized in terms of role theory, that families in which fathers had been the principal caregiver showed least stability in child care arrangements. Also, sex differences and parental attitudes were indicative of varying amounts of paternal involvement in child…

The role of growth or nongrowth in futurology is addressed with members of the middle class categorized as senior salariat, middle mass, or underclass. Each category reflects different patterns of life within the working population. Social and political implications are discussed. (LBH)

Article evaluates the role of the middle class in the course of Western civilization and its discovery and underwriting of liberal humanism. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this article is to examine the present academic milieu in terms of the relationship between social structure and the composition of student cultures in higher education. (Author)

Reports on the relation between childcare attitudes and mother-infant interaction, using the Maternal Attitude Scale and observation in the home. (Author)

Comparison of low and middle socioeconomic-status mothers shows distinct differences in teaching styles, and indicates why low income children often have difficulty adapting to the middle income school system. (Author/SP)

Study designed to determine the students' attitudes and knowledge concerning the aged, to gain an indication of the students' future employment plans, and to provide a basis for considering improvement in the present educational preparation of the students for geriatric occupational therapy. (Author)