Occupational success is associated with single status but the relationship is not statistically significant. The relationship between education and single status, however, is significant. Results suggest that single status results from educational success. (Author)

This discussion paper describes the characteristics and life styles of single adults in Australia. Recent changes in sociological theory concerning marriage, family life, and single life are noted in the introduction, followed by a description of historical and demographic trends. Different categories of single adults (i.e., never married,…

Examined demographic, social, and economic characteristics of unmarried cohabiting partners among young adults. Never-married partners and ever-married partners differed from each other in level of education and economic situation and appeared to have different reasons for cohabitating. For many cohabitors, living together appeared to be a…

In this article, the author focuses in what counted as a "good" teacher on the cusp of a significant change in the profile of the teaching workforce from single to married women. As Jackie Blount notes, single women had dominated state school systems numerically for the century preceding the Second World War but by the late 1940s the…

Behavioural sleep problems (childhood insomnias) can cause distress for both parents and children. This paper reports a model describing predictors of high sleep problem scores in a representative population-based random sample survey of non-Aboriginal singleton children born in 1995 and 1996 (1085 girls and 1129 boys) in Western Australia.…

Explores the inferior position of women librarians in the Australian workforce and presents a case study of Jean Arnot. Topics include women's financial status as related to marital status; barriers in the recruitment and promotion processes; issues of health; and salary differences. (67 references) (LRW)

A study was conducted of the effectiveness of marriage counseling with respect to marital status and the long-term stability of relationships. Data were gathered from clients of approved Australian marriage counseling agencies (n=540) who took a pre-counseling survey during a 4-week period in October-November 1987 and a post-counseling survey 8…

Child and parent adjustment to the child's primary schooling were related to six measures of social inequality: parents' occupational status, education, marital status, and cultural background, neighborhood quality, and child's sex. Outcome variables such as parental aspirations, expectations, assistance, satisfaction, and coping strategies were…