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Gibson, Margaret A., 1999, "Punjabi Education Project, 1980-1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DBRYL0, Harvard Dataverse, V5
The purpose of this educational ethnographic study was "to identify factors which impede, and those which faci litate success in school for Punjabi youth", and which factors contribute to improved student race relations, and also to augment an understanding of the process of immigrant adaptation and acculturation, and its influence on school perfor... |
Schwartz, Pepper; Blumstein, Philip, 1991, "American Couples, 1978-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UL6DPW, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:/aEOBwuXoqD2fy3vmEKwdw== [fileUNF]
This study explored the complex nature of relationships between partners in married and cohabiting lesbian, gay, and straight couples. In 1978-79, questionnaires were mailed out to volunteer participants who learned about the study through newspaper and television advertisements. Questionnaires were mailed to 7,397 heterosexual couples, 1,875 gay m... |
Bozett, Frederick W., 1987, "Study of Gay Fathers, 1978", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5S6BWI, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This research investigates the ways in which men who are both gay and fathers resolve identity conflicts. Participants were 19 gay fathers, all of whom were or had been married. The sample was all White and living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Data were collected by in-depth, open-ended, unstructured interviews. The interviews focused on issues of... |
Louis M. Terman; Robert R. Sears; Lee Cronbach; Pauline S. Sears; Albert Hastorf, 1990, "Terman Life Cycle Study of Children with High Ability, 1922-1986", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KWFHQL, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:VYfuzUFRIZJg5iLltokMFQ== [fileUNF]
This study began by comparing a group of children with high intelligence quotients with groups of children typical of the general population, to discover similarities and differences. Research was continued from the initial collection date of 1922 through the present, with follow-ups at approximately 5-year intervals, to explore long-term developme... |
Verba, Sidney; DiNunzio, Joseph; Spaulding, Christina, 1985, "Harvard Sexual Harassment Survey, 1983", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KWJLIP, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:eG6QJsi2VsgIMV49FtGcDA== [fileUNF]
This survey was conducted to determine the extent to which sexual harassment is a widespread problem at Harvard University. Due to the nature of sexual harassment, an anonymous survey was used to determine the prevalence of harassment at Harvard instead of analyzing reported cases. Questionnaires were completed by 322 male and 349 female graduate s... |
Baruch, Grace K., 1983, "Maternal Influences upon Women's Attitudes Toward Career-Achievement, 1968-1969", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/3A39C0, Harvard Dataverse, V3
These data were collected to investigate the nature of and influences upon women's attitudes about feminine professional competence and the desirability of the career achievement role. The study focused on women's tendency to devalue feminine professional competence and the relationship between their attitudes and career choices as well as their mo... |
Gramick, Jeannine, 1983, "Study of the Coming Out Process and Coping Strategies of Lesbian Women, 1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IDII03, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:Y3xUn6OZnnjrJTuJuGEEoQ== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to document the coming out process in lesbians and to create a seven-stage model to describe this process. Unlike other studies of lesbians, this study included African-American lesbians and older lesbians. The sample comprised 118 women in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area. Eighteen of these women were evaluated as... |
Community Council, Inc., 1985, "Study of Volunteerism in Maricopa County, 1983", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SK9NL4, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:mtS50KHp0LJMpVtq5NHwjg== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of volunteerism in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area and to determine motivations and attitudes which influence the decision to volunteer. The research was conducted by Data-line, Inc. for the Community Council Volunteerism Project. A total of 997 individuals who had volunteered in the past 1... |
Dill, Bonnie Thornton, 2002, "Study of Female-Headed Households in the Rural Mid South, 1989-1991", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6ZGMKI, Harvard Dataverse, V4
This study builds on a one-year pilot project conducted in a single county in Northern Mississippi and funded by the Ford Foundation which examined the social factors underlying the formation, coping and survival strategies of female-headed households in the rural south. This study expands the pilot study to include four rural counties in the Unite... |
Feldberg, Rosalyn L.; Glenn, Evelyn Nakano, 1993, "Women in Clerical Work: The Impacts of Job Conditions, 1978-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JDA8GG, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:so/4WZn3NRTIgEZNKUK9kA== [fileUNF]
This study examined the role of work in the lives of women clerical workers, and conditions that affected the quality of their experiences in the workplace. The major goals were: 1) to describe the activities of clerical workers and their roles in organizations; 2) to examine workers' responses to and attitudes toward work; and 3) to assess the imp... |
