Noting that data from 1970 working life tables indicate that since 1960 worklife expectancy has continued to edge downward for men and to lengthen for women, this report briefly discusses continuing trends in the worklife of men and women from 1900 through 1970. Women's worklife is presented in terms of single women; mothers; widowed, divorced,…

The three papers in this symposium explore various aspects of communication apprehension. The first paper develops a theoretical model which attempts to explain the causes of oral communication apprehension, in terms of family structure and levels of communication skill development. A study of high school students indicates that children from…

Conducted from an educational sociologist's point of view, this study explores the relationship of mother's age to the development of her child. A documentary frequency technique was used to investigate four general questions: (1) Do children of younger mothers, ages 16 years and under, have health problems different from the health problems of…

Clients who contact mental health centers but fail to follow through for treatment present a significant problem for therapists. Being able to predict which clients will not follow through with an initial therapy session could be very beneficial. At intake, subjects (N=27) who had requested service from a mental health center provided demographic…

This report describes a study of how certain factors influence peoples' attitudes about other peoples' marital status and family size. For the study, stories were prepared describing single or married persons and families with different numbers of children. The stories contained information believed likely to affect the readers' attitudes or moral…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL STATUS IN THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF MARRIED COLLEGE STUDENTS. A SECONDARY PURPOSE WAS TO DELINEATE THE ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS WHICH MARRIED MALE STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL STATUS LEVELS FACE ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH THE 282 FULL-TIME MARRIED STUDENTS…

Quality of life in adulthood (ages 27-47) was investigated; age, marital status and sex were considered the primary variables. Attention was given to the consideration of the current crises-oriented theory of adult development. The interrelationship of the variables was of principle interest in assessing life satisfaction and personality…

A content analysis conducted in two successive years of family role structures and family role interaction patterns of U.S. television families constituted a role-by-role behavior description of family verbal interaction, classified within directional categories of going toward, going against, or going away. All family-role interactions, whether…

In order to investigate the levels of self-acceptance of occupational and transfer students, a sample of 1,190 students enrolled in four Illinois community colleges were administered a personal data sheet and the Berger Self-Acceptance Scale (SAS). The data sheet recorded age (below 20, 21-25, and over 25), marital status (married or single), and…

Data from the Current Population Survey of 1971 are used in this paper to investigate the ways in which various population groups utilize their earnings capacity. The hypotheses tested in this paper are: (1) that groups are poor primarily because they fail to utilize their earnings potential effectively; and (2) that the high incidence of poverty…

Literature on women's roles suggests that those who don't marry are likely to feel like failures in the realms of relationships, work and independence. The clinic population studied found that 52% of the clientele under age 30 were single women. The research reported was aimed at better understanding this group of help-seeking women, and at…

The purposes of this study were to examine whether the self-esteem of inmates is low when compared with the self-esteem of a civilian population, and to examine twelve inmate background factors that might influence inmate self-esteem at the time of incarceration. The population consisted of 153 Negro and 182 white 17-22 year old "first-timers"…

Three Liberal Arts Centers in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Whittier, California, sponsored by The Fund for Adult Education, were evaluated on the effectiveness of discussion groups in World Affairs Are Your Affairs; An Introduction to Humanities; Ways of Mankind; and World Politics. Data were collected from personal interviews with a random…

Based on a study of training needs among personnel connected with homes for the aged in California, this publication is a teacher's manual as well as a course of study for older adults, their friends and relatives, volunteer workers, and professionals. The following topics are covered: the aged in a changing society; the increase in the aging…