Focuses on how the Vietnamese community of Santa Clara, California, assists its members in adjusting to new occupations. Suggests that successful occupational assimilation is facilitated by the refugees' ability and willingness to identify with their new occupations in the electronics industry. (Author/GC)

Criticizes impressionistic or outdated measures of socioeconomic status, recommends the Duncan Socioeconomic Index and the Siegel Prestige Scale, and describes a strategy for measuring household or family SES when household composition and characteristics vary. (Author/DB)

Discusses a study undertaken to determine the process of occupational achievement among men and women from labor market entry to midlife. Data are based on a longitudinal study of Wisconsin high school seniors. Findings indicated that, in contrast to several earlier studies, there are marked sex differences in the acquisition and maintenance of…

The economic status of 130 educable mentally retarded (EMR) graduates of a special school district was investigated. Of the variables (age, sex, race, IQ, and vocational training), age was the only variable found to be related to wage, i.e., the older the individual, the higher the wage. (Author)

The acceptance of English as a second language among Mexican immigrants to the U.S. is largely dependent upon their escaping the extreme subgroup isolation afforded by nonmetropolitan agricultural environments. Urbanization is far more important to English acceptance than a lengthy U.S. residency, place of birth, occupational level, or educational…

Proposes a classification into nine categories of children's work activities in low-income countries. Considers the structural determinants of child work and its principal economic consequences. Critically assesses the potential role of labor and welfare policies in reducing, if not eliminating child labor. (Author/CT)

Used longitudinal data to examine the relations between husbands' perceived attitudes toward wives' working and early employment attitudes and behaviors of wives. Revisions in husband's perceived attitudes to conform with wives' employment attitudes and behaviors during early years of marriage were found. (Author)

School counselors in British Columbia were asked to select three appropriate occupations for each subject in case studies. When the case study described a female, the counselors chose occupations that paid less and were more closely supervised. (Author)

Analysis of 1990 census data for Washington found that income for both Hispanic and White female heads of families was most strongly related to employment variables (hours worked and occupational status); was less related to age, education, or presence of young children; and was little related to marital status, citizenship status, or English…

Review of European research on youth transition to employment revealed some methodological difficulties in making cross-national comparisons of educational attainment and employment status. Ways to fine tune the indicators were identified. (Contains 48 references.) (SK)

Growth curve analysis was used on data from the National Longitudinal Survey (n=9,532) and Baltimore (n=3,481) to determine whether disparities in the occupational standing of white men compared to women and minorities grew with advancing age. Results indicate that disparities remained constant over the life course for all but African Americans…

Describes the ways in which race and gender shaped the career transitions of women (N=238) whose careers were affected by opportunities generated by the Civil Rights Movement between 1973 and 1983. Results indicated that, although professional entry was enhanced, these women's subsequent careers were influenced negatively by both race and gender,…

Studied 73 career-dissatisfied adults and 90 high school students to test 2 competing theories of career compromise. Failed to support predictions that sex type is more important than prestige and prestige more important than interests in career-related decisions. Supported postulation that interests are more important because they incorporate…

Reports on first and current occupations of sociology majors in order to assess education outcomes in the field. Earnings of males and females, graduate degree status and income, changes in prestige, and choice of graduate program are explored. Implications for the teaching of sociology are discussed. (KO)

Studied joint decision-making strategies of small task group (N=8) over 15-month period. Found 4 problem areas contributing to lack of productivity: expertise, self-oriented needs, permissive operating procedures, and formal status differences. Results suggest important differences between group participants' desire to use participatory strategies…