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Kimmel, Ellen B.; Nevill, Dorothy D. – 1990
This study examined sex differences in values and roles reported by five samples of adults from North America and Europe. The data were derived from a larger set gathered as part of the Work Importance Study (WIS) in which researchers in a dozen countries developed the two instruments in their own language. The question posed here related to the…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences

Tian, Yanfeng – Higher Education, 1996
Analysis of higher education enrollments in the United States and United Kingdom in 1970-87 found that the divorce rate is positively related to women's enrollment in the United States, and unemployment is positively related to enrollment for men, but not for women, in both the United States and the United Kingdom. These and related policy issues…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Divorce, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Influences