Limited study, focusing on one program, suggests that programs strive to meet needs of clients functioning at low educational levels. Graphs, tables. (Author/CJ)

A summary to compare the sources of income, expenditures and patterns of financing medical students in 1964 and 1968. (Editor)

A survey in the North Central area of policies and practices applied to students who marry while enrolled in public secondary schools. (Author)

Analysis of 422 applications submitted to an employment agency by married women suggests that some professional women seeking to reenter the labor force lack confidence in presenting themselves in their own names. In this sample, the independent professional was more likely to get a job than was the individual who used her husband's name. (Author)

Used data from a 1980 national sample survey to show differences in the timing of major family life-cycle events according to age, social and economic characteristics, and marital history. Results suggest that age generational differences, more than any other factor, influence timing of life-cycle events. (Author/JAC)

Analyzed data on employment after marriage for a cohort of women born around 1938. Results show a decline in the propensity to follow a conventional pattern of leaving the work force due to marriage or childbirth. The double track pattern of employment during childrearing is more common. (Author/JAC)

Examined how variation in family structure and timing of career entry influenced career satisfaction in a survey of professional men (N=370). Results suggest men in less traditional life structures may find satisfaction in their careers in different ways than do men in traditional life structures. (Author/JAC)

Variance in the level and expression of achievement orientation was examined with 1,120 women. Levels of achievement orientation were stable; career and family attainment values varied with age and life-cycle stage. Career values were more likely to be high among women who were young, single, or mothers of older children. (Author/HLM)

Studies adequacy of the theory of work adjustment for explaining homemaker and career orientation in women. Situational factors such as age, marital status, and education are important determinants. Career-oriented women had stronger needs for autonomy and good work conditions. Homemaker-oriented women had stronger needs for altruism. (JAC)

Compared social support systems of childless elderly to a larger group of older parents. Results indicated marital status was the major determinant of the quality of the support received and adaptation to childlessness. Childless marrieds were more isolated, while the unmarrieds were more resourceful in using social resources. (Author/JAC)

Examines living arrangements as both an outcome of previous lifestyle, and as an antecedent for other events. Findings indicate that despite their much lower incomes, not-presently-married women live in housing of considerably higher quality than do men in comparable marital statuses and living arrangements. (Author)

The personality typologies of couples who sought marital counseling were generally incongruent as determined by Holland codes. The Holland hexagonal model was useful in predicting which spouse would initiate marriage counseling, in obtaining a cognitive understanding of specific conflicts, and in helping couples resolve concerns. (Author)

Single women who planned to be housewives at age 35 were more likely to marry soon. Between 1969 and 1975 this proportion decreased sharply. The change in future work plans may have reduced the chances that a woman in her early twenties would marry in the next few years. (Author)

Urban residential and Christian religious background and higher levels of educational attainment yield a later marriage age. Findings suggest that benefits accruing from higher social status, greater education, and delayed marriage are lessened by a shorter marriage/first birth interval. (Author)