Among the findings of this survey are that black women place high values on intelligence, desire an equalitarian type of marriage, desire to combine marriage, career and children, oppose receiving alimony, want more than two children, stress discipline in raising children and have mixed feelings about today's new sexual morality. (Author/AM)

Indicates that the antinepotism rules that existed in the past are still maintained by communication/journalism department administrators. Reports on what those administrators see as the advantages and disadvantages of hiring a qualified professional couple for two job openings. (RL)

Investigates net effect of marital satisfaction on morale for a sample of married residents aged 60 and over. Results indicate existence of a positive effect and this effect appears notably stronger for females. (Author)

A model paralleling "growth rate" of a science with the careers of scientists in that field was extended to explain how growth rates can also effect the flow of trained womanpower to a field. Data on women scientists in the Depression years supported the validity of this model. (Author/KR)

The article examines gross migration of households between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas, as well as the corresponding counterstream, from 1965 to 1970. Using data from the 15 percent sample of the 1970 census, gross migration flows and rates are estimated and cross-classified by race, age, and marital status. (Author/NQ)

Notes that except for black males, a greater transmission effect is found among respondents from childhood homes disrupted by divorce or separation rather than by death. Also suggests that the role model rationale for the transmission of marital instability be elaborated upon. (Author/AM)

The marital histories of 203 young women who became premaritally pregnant in their early teens and 90 of their classmates most of whom married before pregnancy show that disruption in the courtship process and limited economic resources are the most important factors in marital dissolution. (Author/AM)

Factors that predicted breakups before marriage, investigated as part of a two-year study of dating relationships among college students include unequal involvement in the relationship and discrepant age, educational aspirations, intelligence, and physical attractiveness. (Author/AM)

Examines some of the ways in which communal living tests the strength and durability of couple relationships and proposes a model of the separation process based on these experiences. (Author/AM)

Investigated impact of singlehood on career patterns of 663 professional women holding graduate degrees. Found that length of singlehood and timing of marriage, more than type of singlehood (never-married or divorced/separated), were related to career advancement. Integration of variables revealed complex effects of marital status on career…

Examined home environments of children whose mothers were married/working, married/nonworking, or divorced/working across an 18-month period. Home environments of children from divorced/working homes were found to be less cognitive and socially stimulating than those of married homes. Home environments of the married families with and without…

In a middle-class, urban-clinic sample of 275, mostly Caucasian, adolescent mothers and their partners living in Utah, three groups were identified and their psychosocial characteristics were compared. Couples who married after conception appeared to face less severe problems than either the initially-married couples or the steady daters.…

Examined religious participation among elderly blacks (N=581) using data from a national sample of black Americans. Three indicators of religious participation were utilized: frequency of religious service attendance, church membership, and the degree of subjective religiosity. Found that religious participation varied by gender, marital status,…

Evaluated psychometric and demographic data in 84 successful and unsuccessful social service clients. Successful predictors of vocational success among psychiatric populations were: having been married, having held full-time work, and not having been diagnosed as learning disabled. Suggests a combination of information from intelligence tests,…

Data were compiled from records and a questionnaire administered to 103 adult males in a Center for Social Adjustment (Poland) who had been imprisoned at least twice previously. Results suggested an indirect relationship between lower levels of education and vocational/professional training, single or divorced marital status, and frequency of…