Highlights the insufficient explanations and fundamental fallacies in policy and programs for sex equity in educational administration. Examines the lack of incentives for promotion of women to positions of leadership. (SK)

Discusses recent Hispanic immigration to the northeast U.S., particularly the New York City area. Presents data on country of origin, family composition and fertility, education levels, occupation, and income status. Examines patterns of structural integration, such as intermarriage and residential segregation. (SA)

Results indicate that preschool children are capable of making moral judgments in both apology-restitution and guilt-innocence test contexts. Age and sex are significantly related to both moral judgment measures, while intelligence and parent occupation are unrelated to both measures. (Author/RH)

Discusses the use of prescribed psychotropic drugs among the mentally retarded. Analyzes data on over 7,000 retarded adolescents to empirically test a proposed model of drug use. Suggests that interventions should provide needed changes in the individual's social environment as well as psychological and medical care. (CMG)

Compared 80 professional women with very atypical to very traditional careers. Subjects in atypical careers scored higher on cognitive measures, psychological masculinity, and, in law, achievement motivation. Childhood experiences of women in atypical careers included: more masculine play patterns and less coercion by parents to fit a feminine…

Where do higher-level vocational education and training (VET) qualifications lead? This study investigates whether they lead to employment at associate professional or higher occupations, or whether they are a pathway to university studies. Findings indicate that there are good employment outcomes for some graduates, although often at below…

This study examines whether children born outside of marriage and currently living in single-mother families are more likely to be poor than children in single-mother families who were born to married parents. Using the 1997 National Survey of America's Families, the study finds that among children living with single mothers, those born outside of…

Lifelong career development activities may assist persons with more severe forms of mental retardation in achieving occupational tenure. Occupational tenure is important if individuals are to move away from a succession of entry-level employment. Adaptive career development strategies and techniques may prevent job dissatisfaction and poor…

Reports some major findings of a study by the Urban Institute which collected and displayed available social and economic measurements that would give a balanced picture of the status of blacks and whites in the 1960-68 period. (Author/JM)

Investigates indirect socialization effects of parents' occupational conditions on children's school behavior. Subjects were 60 women of lower socioeconomic status and their adolescent and preadolescent children. As predicted, mothers' job autonomy and skill utilization were significantly associated with their children's academic behaviors.…

Examined the effects of maternal employment on parent-youth similarity using a sample of 647 father-mother-youth triads. Found maternal employment had few impacts on the father's influence except for fathers having slightly greater influence in expressive areas. Maternal employment appeared to lower the influence of the mother. (Author)

Studied prevalence of Type A behavior of female professionals, nonprofessionals, homemakers and students. Professionals had significantly higher scores than homemakers on Type A, Job Involvement, Speed and Impatience, and Hard-Driving and Competitive scales of the Jenkins Activity Survey. Type A behavior was not related to family history. (Author)

Utilizes data from the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity in the United States to (1) examine occupational differentials among Black employed males who migrated between the South and the non-South, and (2) estimate the loss of Black work force experienced by the South through migration to other regions of the country. (Author/GC)

A rating of the prestige levels for occupations in kibbutz and nonkibbutz society indicated that kibbutz members rated jobs according to values which differed markedly from those of other sectors of society. Kibbutz grading did not discriminate between white- and blue-collar jobs, while nonkibbutz grading was determined by income level,…

Examines the type of materials available for area studies courses, finding that in general their contents, drawn from news media reports, are of low intellectual value. Proposes the utilization of data collected and analyzed by specialists and presents a sample unit on the levels of income and socioeconomic status in France. (MES)