The research explored whether or not the occurrence and degree of family disability introduced a distinguishable patterned set of social life views among homemakers and, if so, to what extent the patterns are general to different populations. Disability was defined as the inability to assume expected roles. Seven Mexican American migrant workers…

Married women are more psychologically distressed than married men, but this gap is less pronounced among Mexican Americans than among Anglos. However, this research did not find support for the hypothesis that employment was related to greater happiness for Anglo women but not for Mexican American women. (Author/IS)

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…

The paper reported findings from a 2-year (1966-68) panel study of status projection development during late adolescence. The analysis, which focused on black and white girls from rural East Texas, is sequential to previous studies (RC 007 777 and RC 007 842). The paper specifically examined the integration of girls' occupational and educational…