Surveys the development of the concept of individual status inconsistency, criticizing its utility and suggesting that it be recast as a collective rather than individual phenomenon. (JM)

In order to extend sociological thinking about socialization in secondary schools, I have tested the contention that the social status of a high school independently affects the college-going intentions of its students, using data from a 1955 sample of students in 518 American high schools." (Author)

Using data from the 1979 Chicano Survey, analyzes determinants of status attainment among Mexican Americans. Finds the process of status attainment to be essentially the same for both sexes, though women experience a net handicap for current occupational attainment. Also finds that close ethnic attachment does not lower socioeconomic attainment.…

Examined factors related to satisfactory postdivorce social adjustment of 206 randomly selected single parents. Found the strongest single predictor of adjustment was the parent's subjective feelings of well-being and absence of distress. Other significant factors included the family's current social status and relationships with significant…

Examined the effect of social background and educational experiences on the occupational prestige expectations of Black college students. Overall, college experiences proved more important than social background and high school experiences in predicting long-range occupational prestige expectations. Both ascriptive and achievement factors were…

Investigated the impact of the residential segregation of social status groups on choice of marriage partner in New Zealand. Data suggested that homogamy and propinquity are independent influences on choice of a spouse. Segregation does not interact with distance to circumscribe choice, but it is important in its own right. (Author)

In six multi-agency social service departments, an analysis of centrality (access to interpersonal interaction, communications and professional exchange) found that white men were consistently able to position themselves in organizations to make better use of their professional networks than non-whites or women. Education, age, and formal rank…

Utilizes a simple differential equation model to examine various elements of inequality within the work force: entry level and potential status and wages; effects of human capital, family of origin, and family of procreation variables on reward levels; and the speed at which potential status and wages are approached. (Author/GC)

Higher status was associated with greater life satisfaction, but not all status factors correlated with life satisfaction. Different status factors correlated with life satisfaction depending on the older person's involvement in organizations. The negative effects of status inconsistency were not stronger among those experiencing recent traumatic…

Analysis of correlations in role relationships involving parent occupation and child's career choice and occupational aspiration were made to determine which characteristics of occupations play a part in intergenerational role transmission. Requirements and rewards were found to be the salient features. (Author/SK)

Explores the process by which young rural women translate adolescent aspirations for their own adult achievements and those of hypothetical "future" husbands into attainment patterns early in the life course. Stresses the influence of educational aspirations and attainment as prime factors of status attainment. (Author/JD)

Investigates the relationships between social acceptance, measured by sociometry, and membership in one of three academic groups: gifted, high achievers, and average. Changes in the peer acceptance of the gifted students in a special program were also examined. Subjects were 66 fourth graders. (MP)