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Feldman, Harold; Feldman, Margaret, 1987, "The Effect of Welfare Women's Working on Their Families, 1969-1972", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QXXBFL, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This study was designed to study low-income mothers and their work, particularly how employment affects home and personal life and in what ways, if any, current family structure is a barrier to employment. The sample was drawn from current and closed (6 months to 3 years) New York state welfare lists. In the first wave (1969-1970), women who had at... |
Ybarra, Lea, 1977, "Chicano Families and Women's Roles, 1977", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ICWHVF, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:wkHv/rp5Iyx/fccRKRtOfg== [fileUNF]
This study was designed to examine the effects of economic, social, educational, and cultural factors on the family structure of the Chicano family in order to provide a more comprehensive view of the Chicano family than other studies which had been conducted at the time. Fifty Chicano couples in Fresno, CA participated in intensive interviews whic... |
Ridley, Jeanne Clare, 1981, "Social and Psychological Factors Affecting Fertility, 1941", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZNAYGN, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:MCzbUL8GPZ7hNHsPGKK6VQ== [fileUNF]
This study investigated motivations behind fertility patterns to ascertain the extent to which the number of children couples had deviated from the ideal, and to discover how socioeconomic and psychological factors influenced decisions about the number of children desired. The data were collected in 1941, under the sponsorship of the Council of Soc... |
Kaminer, Wendy; Moore, Elizabeth, 1988, "Women Volunteering, 1984", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0YMDFQ, Harvard Dataverse, V3
This data set contains open-ended, unstructured interviews with 45 women, described in a book by Kaminer, "Women Volunteering: The Pleasure, Pain, and Politics of Unpaid Work from 1830 to the Present." The interviews explore the relationships among volunteering, feminism, and family life for women in the 1980s. The participants vary in age, ethnici... |
Ybarra, Lea, 1980, "California Valley Oral History Project, 1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5JMCDB, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The purpose of this study was to attempt to fill a gap in knowledge of past and contemporary Chicano family values and beliefs, and to gain a female perspective on the understanding of family life. The sample consisted of 51 Chicanos (22 women and 29 men) who had been living in the San Joaquin Valley for over thirty years. Single interviews were co... |
Jul 31, 2014 - Original Murray Collection
Henry A. Murray Research Archive; Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, 2022, "Coping and Adaptation in Older Black Women, 1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VI5RWA, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:+6toPglxXDFS2p01aBiVOQ== [fileUNF]
The goal of this study was to describe the coping styles used by a sample of well-educated, achieving, aging African American women and a comparison group of White women to investigate the degree to which they exhibited successful psychological adaptation to aging. The sources of data for the project were oral history transcripts included in the co... |
Finn, Alice N., 1985, "Japanese Competitive Success: A Study in the Motivation of Japanese Women, 1984", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CBYBK0, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:w5Qlq8YC4iGz53OBbVxlhg== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to examine how interpersonal competition arouses the motive to avoid success in Japanese men and women. The sample is comprised of 148 Japanese women and 57 Japanese men. Over half of the participants were students at prestigious Japanese universities. Fourteen of the women had completed their schooling, and their ages... |
Rosalind C. Barnett; Nancy L. Marshall, 1993, "Longitudinal Study of Occupational Stress and Health in Women Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Social Workers, 1985-1988", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JHZEVH, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:hP7yZ+xD7N2Wk/6WB8zoDQ== [fileUNF]
This two-year longitudinal study examined the work and non-workplace sources of stress in the lives of women health-care providers, specifically licensed practical nurses and social workers. These two professional groups were selected because they are predominately female and high-stress professions, i.e. characterized by high job demand and low jo... |
Jun 4, 2014 - Original Murray Collection
Simpson, Gwyned, 1987, "Black Women Attorneys, 1978-1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6YGC2E, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:ck4zi0KgWKuGMWgdFhsiSw== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to examine the career mobility patterns of African American women in different areas of the legal profession. Specifically, the study examined influences on their selection of the legal profession, their comparative mobility in different practice settings, the impact of racism and sexism on their mobility, and the effe... |
Avery, Donna M., 2022, "Critical Events in the Lives of College-Educated Minority and White Women, 1979 and 1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JL6P0F, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The purpose of these two studies was to determine the perceptions of major life transitions for women of different ethnic backgrounds, and the role of these perceptions in the formation of their identities as adult women. The first sample included 36 black women and 64 white women. The second included 25 Mexican American women and 25 Puerto Rican w... |
