Forty Mexican American and Anglo American university students were asked to rate 5 common Anglo American and 5 common Mexican American female names on a semantic differential. Divided into 4 groups based on sex and ethnic background, respondents were between 18 and 25 years of age and all claimed El Paso (Texas) as their primary residence for the…

It has been difficult to recruit and retain active Girls Service Organization (GSO) members who serve as official hostesses for all Armed Services YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) programs and activities in El Paso, Texas (a bicultural setting). This study tested the hypothesis that the perceptions of institutional pressures by the two…

The study examined the hypothesis that occupation and residence patterns present after high school graduation are generally predictable. The data come from a homogeneous, all white central Minnesota farming community with a 1961 population of 3,300. The study population is the 1961 high school graduating class, who were surveyed by questionnaire…