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Full-Text Articles in Family, Life Course, and Society
The Relationship Of Race, Socioeconomic Status And Marital Status To Kin Networks, Ferol E. Mennen
The Relationship Of Race, Socioeconomic Status And Marital Status To Kin Networks, Ferol E. Mennen
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Data from a purposive sample of families of elementary school children in New Orleans regarding contact and assistance with extended family members was analyzed to see if race, socioeconomic status or marital status predicted involvement in a kin network. Analysis of variance revealed that black and lower class families had higher levels of contact and black families had higher levels on one of the assistance measures. However when the distance from the extended family was used as a covariate the relationship disappeared. Marital status had no ability to predict.
Studying Historical Family Change In Nineteenth-Century New Bedford, Walter F. Carroll
Studying Historical Family Change In Nineteenth-Century New Bedford, Walter F. Carroll
Bridgewater Review
The past ten to fifteen years have seen a revolution in our understanding of the nature of family life in the past. The recent tenth anniversary of the Journal of Family History marked one signpost of this revolution. Research in historical family change has compelled historians, sociologists, and other scholars to re-examine their notions of family life in the past, and their understanding of the relationships between large-scale social change and family life. In this article, I will explain a little about how scholars carry out such research. I use New Bedford as a case study of research in historical …
Eating Disorders: The Correlation Of Family Relationships With An Eating Disorder Continuum, Jana Schweitzer
Eating Disorders: The Correlation Of Family Relationships With An Eating Disorder Continuum, Jana Schweitzer
Dissertations and Theses
For the purposes of this study, eating disturbances were placed on a continuum ranging from disordered to normal, and family factors were examined via this framework. Research on anorectics and bulimics indicates that a variety of family variables contribute to the etiology of eating disorders. Research suggests the presence of a subgroup of persons who experience some disturbance in their relationships with food but not to the severity observed among eating disordered individuals. This study examined the relationship between family factors and eating disturbances.
Laura Fraser Diary, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Laura Fraser Diary, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Finding Aids
Spanning from 1889-1892, this collection consists of a diary once belonging to Victorian Liberty County resident, Laura Fraser. Contents include personal correspondence, written short stories from prominent writers, local newspaper clippings, and personal accounts.
Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.
Recent Trends In The Economic Status Of Boston's Aged: Determinants And Policy Implications, William H. Crown
Recent Trends In The Economic Status Of Boston's Aged: Determinants And Policy Implications, William H. Crown
New England Journal of Public Policy
The economic status of the older population has improved significantly since the early 1970s. Yet poverty rates among certain groups of elderly, especially older minorities, have declined very little. To understand the reasons for these seemingly contradictory trends, changes in the income composition of the elderly in Boston are compared to changes in income for the elderly in the United States. This analysis suggests that low-income older persons were largely bypassed by one of the major factors in income growth among the older population — growth in pension income.
Despite the persistence of poverty among significant segments of the older …
Community, Violence, And The Nature Of Change: Whitecapping In Sevier County, Tennessee, During The 1890'S, William Joseph Cummings
Community, Violence, And The Nature Of Change: Whitecapping In Sevier County, Tennessee, During The 1890'S, William Joseph Cummings
Masters Theses
During the 1890s, a series of extra-legal and illegal activities known as "whitecapping" occurred in Sevier County, Tennessee. While the early episodes were based on traditional responses to deviant behavior in rural communities, whitecapping reflected the loss of community within the county. This study examines the relationship of whitecapping and community in Sevier County and how it changed during the 1890s. The several, often contradictory, social conditions which affected the life of every Sevier Countian are also examined to show the decline of community consensus during this period. Finally, the events galavanizing public opinion against the whitecaps are analyzed to …
B821: Comparative Health Characteristics Of Adolescent And Older Mothers And Their Offspring In Maine, Gary L. Schilmoeller, Marc D. Baranowski
B821: Comparative Health Characteristics Of Adolescent And Older Mothers And Their Offspring In Maine, Gary L. Schilmoeller, Marc D. Baranowski
Bulletins
The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence of births in Maine from 1980 to 1984 and to profile the health and demographic characteristics of this population
Infant Mortality And Social Work: Legacy Of Success, Terri Combs-Orme
Infant Mortality And Social Work: Legacy Of Success, Terri Combs-Orme
Social Work Publications and Other Works
Although it is not widely known, social workers have had a substantial part in the impressive reduction in infant mortality achieved in the United States during this century. This article reviews that contribution, noting a decline in interest in infant mortality in the profession beginning in the 1950s. Recent trends are noted that seem to suggest a renewal in the profession's interest in this important subject.
Infant Mortality And Social Work: Legacy Of Success, Terri Combs-Orme
Infant Mortality And Social Work: Legacy Of Success, Terri Combs-Orme
Terri Combs-Orme
Although it is not widely known, social workers have had a substantial part in the impressive reduction in infant mortality achieved in the United States during this century. This article reviews that contribution, noting a decline in interest in infant mortality in the profession beginning in the 1950s. Recent trends are noted that seem to suggest a renewal in the profession's interest in this important subject.
Exposure Of Young Welfare Recipients To Family And Peer Receipt Of Welfare And Unemployment Benefits, Viola E. Shuart, John H. Lewko
Exposure Of Young Welfare Recipients To Family And Peer Receipt Of Welfare And Unemployment Benefits, Viola E. Shuart, John H. Lewko
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The current study examined exposure to family and peer receipt of unemployment and general welfare benefits for a sample of 262 unemployed youth between 16 and 24 years of age who were in receipt of social assistance. The findings reveal that exposure to receipt of benefits was most pervasive through peers, with moderate exposure via siblings and minimal exposure via parents. The findings are discussed in relation to existing explanations which suggested that the receipt of benefits is intergenerationally transmitted. It is recommended that future investigations of the cultural transmission of poverty and receipt of benefits include the influence of …
Implications Of The One-Child Family Policy On The Development Of The Welfare State In The People's Republic Of China, Fernando Chiu-Hung Cheung
Implications Of The One-Child Family Policy On The Development Of The Welfare State In The People's Republic Of China, Fernando Chiu-Hung Cheung
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The one-child family policy in China, if successfully implemented, will drastically alter the population age structure in the coming years which will in turn affect the demand and supply of the welfare state. Using several population indices projected on the basis of different total fertility rates, it is found that the aged population will increase significantly and hence their needs for social services including social security and health care will increase accordingly. Because the responsibility for caring for the old in China still largely falls on the family, it is important to establish an universal social security system supported by …
Single Mothers By Choice: A Nontraditional Alternative To Mothering, Kimberly Kay Harris
Single Mothers By Choice: A Nontraditional Alternative To Mothering, Kimberly Kay Harris
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Serving The Elderly: Need Versus Policy, Wornie L. Reed
Serving The Elderly: Need Versus Policy, Wornie L. Reed
William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications
Medicare was established in 1965 under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. It was originally meant to eliminate the financial barriers to medical care for the aged. It has been called a form of national health insurance for persons age 65 and over. But it was deliberately designed in a manner to avoid modification of the fee-for-services system that is the basis of American Medical Care (Estes, 1979). As a result, inflation in the cost of care has seriously reduced financial benefits to the beneficiaries and in turn limited the access to medical care by the elderly.
"Class And Discrimination In The Denial Of Adoptees Equal Rights In Adoption", Mirah Riben
"Class And Discrimination In The Denial Of Adoptees Equal Rights In Adoption", Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
The Case For Open Records, A Source Book for Political Action. J. Sweely (Ed.) University Press of America, Inc., Waltham, MA. In Press.
Review Of Sociology: A Brief But Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition, By Anthony Giddens, Michael R. Hill
Review Of Sociology: A Brief But Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition, By Anthony Giddens, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
As Giddens announces correctly in the preface, "This book differs from most other introductory texts in sociology in several ways" (p. vii). It concentrates on theory, "the core of theoretical concerns which sociology shares with all the social sciences" (p. vii). Giddens asserts, "I do not adopt the usual view that these issues are unimportant to those seeking to achieve an initial acquaintance with sociology. Neither do I accept the equally common idea that such matters are too complex to be grasped before the reader has a mastery of the more empirical content of the subject" (pp. vii-viii). On the …
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program
WKU Archives Records
The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.
- Bachert, Sara. Rational Portrayal of the Irrationational in The Pit and the Pendulum
- Bell, Suzanne. Early Secret Involvement of the United States Military in Cambodia
- Brock, Beth. The Informal Caregiving System: The Frail Elderlys' Avenue of Choice
- Daniel, Janice. Child Sexual Abuse
- Johnson, Linda. International Telecommunications Trade with Japan
- Jones, LaMont. Ernie Pyle: Journalist Without Peer
- Kesserling, Marcia. Attitudes Toward the Need for Computer Literacy
- Lewis, Gloria. John Donne's Attitude Toward Love
- Majdi, …
Exploding The Myths: Caregiving In America, U.S. Senate Select Committee On Aging
Exploding The Myths: Caregiving In America, U.S. Senate Select Committee On Aging
All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)
Family caregivers provide between 80 and 90 percent of the medically related care, personal care, household maintenance, transportation and shopping needed by older persons. Thus, far from abrogating their responsibility, family caregivers provide care for dependent family members, often at a great emotional and financial cost
Selected Dimensions And Orientations Of Religiosity Related To Marital Satifaction As Perceived By Married Seventh-Day Adventists In The Midwest, Margaret D. Dudley
Selected Dimensions And Orientations Of Religiosity Related To Marital Satifaction As Perceived By Married Seventh-Day Adventists In The Midwest, Margaret D. Dudley
Dissertations
Problem. A significant number of married people in contemporary American culture are exhibiting difficulty with the marriage relationship. Since Seventh-day Adventists believe that the Bible suggests basic guidelines, it would seem that their religion would have a positive effect on their marital relationship. The basic question for this research was: For Seventh-day Adventists does religiosity, defined as commitment to biblically-based religious beliefs and practices, contribute to marital satisfaction? Some previous studies demonstrated that it does. Additional multidimensional research was needed to identify which religious dimensions and orientations correlate with marital satisfaction. A multidimensional study of this kind has never been …
Preface To The Special Issue, Mary Jo Deegan
Preface To The Special Issue, Mary Jo Deegan
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
Nebraska was a tumultuous new state in 1869, the year its major University was founded. The early sociologists at Nebraska reflected this bumptious and daring spirit This special issue of the Mid-American Review of Sociology explores several facets of the intellectual heritage and institutional foundations of sociology at the University of Nebraska.
The Intellectual Legacy Of Nebraska Sociology: A Bibliographical Chronology Of Separately Published Works, 1887-1989, Michael R. Hill
The Intellectual Legacy Of Nebraska Sociology: A Bibliographical Chronology Of Separately Published Works, 1887-1989, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
The ftrst full century of sociological scholarship at the University of Nebraska rests solidly on numerous contributions to the acknowledged pinnacle of academic work: single-author monographs published by scholarly presses. Collaborative works, including jointly-authored monographs and scholarly editorial projects, round out the separately published volumes in the continually growing library of Nebraska sociology. Several works are recognized classics and have been revised and revived in various editions. The sociological work flowing from Nebraska roots is evidenced by inspection of the bibliography below.
If one wished to deftne a "Nebraska school of sociology," one could do worse than look to the …
We’Re Partners – Not Husband And Wife, Mary Jo Deegan, Michael R. Hill
We’Re Partners – Not Husband And Wife, Mary Jo Deegan, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
On May I, 1982- International Workers' Day-we celebrated and consecrated our relationship with friends and family. Our partnership ceremony included blessings by a Presbyterian minister, piano music played by a close friend, and readings by Frederick Engels on marriage as slavery for women and by Jane Addams on the right of all people to live in societies they created. We did not obtain a marriage license, we did not exchange "marriage vows," and we specifically chose to not be married. Our celebration cake was covered with white frosting and in red letters the slogan "Workers Should Unite-Not Marry" merrily conveyed …
Privacy, Surrogacy, And The Baby M Case, Anita L. Allen
Privacy, Surrogacy, And The Baby M Case, Anita L. Allen
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Parent Participation In The Educational Process And Student Achievement, Linda Worrell Deans
Parent Participation In The Educational Process And Student Achievement, Linda Worrell Deans
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
The purpose of this study was to determine the level of parental involvement between parent and child as well as between parent and school. After the level of parent participation was established, the data set was used to determine whether a relationship exists between the level of parental involvement and student achievement at selected secondary urban schools. The selected secondary schools include two different school divisions.
The study employed five approaches: (1) a descriptive analysis of the variables of parental interaction with the child as it relates to a personal, affective level; a monitoring level; and a social level; as …
Evenings At Home: Family Life In Southside Virginia, 1760-1836, Alicia Liberty Boehm Tucker
Evenings At Home: Family Life In Southside Virginia, 1760-1836, Alicia Liberty Boehm Tucker
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Research By Bureaucracy: Hattie Plum Williams And The National Commission On Law Observance And Enforcement, 1929-1931, Michael R. Hill
Research By Bureaucracy: Hattie Plum Williams And The National Commission On Law Observance And Enforcement, 1929-1931, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
This paper explores the bureaucratized research activities (1929-1931) of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (NCLOE) from the perspective of Hattie Plum Williams' sociobiographical experience. Williams was a doctoral student of George E. Howard and earned her Ph.D. in 1915 -- the ftrst doctorate in sociology awarded by the University of Nebraska. That same year, she joined the Nebraska faculty and eventually became Chair of the Department (1922-1928).2 In 1931, at age 53, this full professor was called upon be an unpaid fieldworker, gathering data according to rigid protocols stipulated by the NCLOE. Archival reconstruction of Williams' "view …
Roscoe Pound And The Seminarium Botanicum At The University Of Nebraska, 1888-1889, Michael R. Hill
Roscoe Pound And The Seminarium Botanicum At The University Of Nebraska, 1888-1889, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
Roscoe Pound (1870-1964) became one of America's leading legal scholars, but few recall his rigorous training in botany. Those who do most often cite his 1898 joint doctoral thesis (The Phytogeography of Nebraska, co-authored with Frederic Clements), but fail to note his first graduate work of a decade earlier. Roscoe Pound's master's thesis, "The Imperfect Fungi of Nebraska," was researched and written during the 1888-1889 academic year. Although the thesis itself is now lost, its content and the circumstances under which it was written can be established by using archival materials. Pound's role in leading the student botanical club (the …
Ua35/11 Wku Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku University Honors Program
Ua35/11 Wku Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku University Honors Program
WKU Archives Records
The Western Kentucky University Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers represent work done by students from throughout the university.
- Kesselring, Marcia. Attitudes Toward the Need for Computer Literacy
- Tuck, Janna & Karen Wiggins. Methylation and Confirmation of PGE
- Lewis, Gloria. John Donne's Attitude Toward Love
- Johnson, Linda. International Telecommunications Trade with Japan
- Sharpe, Greg. Precipitation Patterns in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1980-1985
- Smith, Sandy. Religion and the Media: Alliance or War?
- Bell, Suzanne. Early Secret Involvement of the United States Military in Cambodia
- Scariot, Linda. Parental Divorce and Childhood Emotional Disturbances
- Daniel, Janice. …
Framing Falls: A Goffmanian Analysis Of Pedestrian Falls And Muffings, Michael R. Hill
Framing Falls: A Goffmanian Analysis Of Pedestrian Falls And Muffings, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Early Women Sociologists At The University Of Nebraska: A Selective Bibliography, Mary Jo Deegan
Early Women Sociologists At The University Of Nebraska: A Selective Bibliography, Mary Jo Deegan
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
This working bibliography provides a key to the large literature written by early women sociologists from the University of Nebraska for those who wish to know more about their writings.
MARY ADELL TREMAIN (1860-1921)
FRANCES BROWN TAYLOR (1861-1925)
LUCILLE EAVES (1869-1949)
EDITH ABBOTT (1876-1957)
LUCILLE EAVES (1869-1949)
HATTIE PLUM WILLIAMS (1878-1963)
ALICE MARIE LOOMIS (1880-1982)
LETA S. HOLLINGWORTH (1886-1939)
GWENDOLYN HUGHES (1895-1911)
Editor’S Introduction: The Social Construction Of A Departmental Heritage, Michael R. Hill
Editor’S Introduction: The Social Construction Of A Departmental Heritage, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
The creation, maintenance, and diffusion of each academic department's corporate identity is a social project. This is as true for departments of sociology as for any other academic organization. Numerous individuals and organizations -- within and outside a particular institute of higher learning -participate in the constructive, reconstructive, and deconstructive processes that shape the content and character of the institutional heritage passed from one generation of scholars in each department of sociology to the next.