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Lopata, Helena Z., 1981, "Support Systems Involving Widows, 1974", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SVCILC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:J3e3NY8VHOlwbFRGnfvSYg== [fileUNF]
This study was undertaken to describe the social and psychological characteristics of widows and identify the support systems available to them in an urban setting. A stratified random sample of 1,169 widows of all ages living in the metropolitan Chicago area was interviewed by the staff of the University of Illinois Survey Research Laboratory in 1... |
Horst, Leslie, 1984, "Informal Barriers to Women Entering Engineering, 1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9DVPQO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:JFS2MVEzqNANcowjN1KHsg== [fileUNF]
These data were collected to discern the relationship between certain characteristics of engineering programs and the informal social processes, such as social isolation, conflicting career and family plans, and experiences of discrimination, which affect women who choose to enter the field of engineering. The study was carried out at six education... |
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Earls, Felton J., 1992, "Adolescent Health Care Evaluation Study, 1984-1991", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/24MKKY, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:C1ofqxgde+AHGjIBOyZVzQ== [fileUNF]
This longitudinal study was originally designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a large scale program to improve health care for high-risk adolescents. Data were gathered from seven of the clinics receiving funding from the program and three comparison clinics. The first two waves of data were collected in 1984-1985 (N=2,788) and 1985-1986 (N=2,41... |
Newman, Katherine S., 2022, "No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City, 1993-2002", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/W7FMDA, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This study explored the lives of the working poor in the inner city. Three hundred male and female participants were drawn from central and west Harlem, New York City; 200 worked at one of four fast food restaurants in Harlem, and 100 had applied to one of those restaurants but were not hired. Participants were African American, Dominican and Puert... |
Blumenthal, Janet, 2002, "Low-Income Minority Children and Their Mothers, 1972-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8MPLWH, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Data were collected as part of the Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) project, a pilot program that was originally implemented in New Orleans, Birmingham, and Austin, to assist low-income mothers with the economic and social challenges commonly endured by low-income parents. Program components included classes on nutrition, budgeting, and commu... |
Giele, Janet Zollinger, 2000, "Life Patterns Study, 1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AWB4FW, Harvard Dataverse, V1
The 1982 Life Patterns Study is based on life histories of 2,902 alumnae who graduated from three colleges between 1934 and 1979. The purpose of this study was to examine how women's increased access to colleges and graduate schools in the 20th century influenced their life patterns. Rather than having to make a choice between full-time work and fu... |
Johnson, Colleen Leahy, 2022, "Longitudinal Study of African-American Oldest Old, 1988-1996", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/D4YSZU, Harvard Dataverse, V1
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to understand the functioning and family structure of White American and African American oldest old. The researcher examined how the participants manage their physical environment, maintain social relations, and sustain a sense of well-being. There were 122 African American and 150 White American particip... |
Southwest Institute for Research on Women, 2022, "Coping and Health Among Older Urban Widows, 1984-1986", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OBQXC5, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This longitudinal study was designed to identify the strategies that help Mexican American and Anglo widows cope most effectively with stress following bereavement. A particular goal of the study was to explore both the different needs of Mexican American widows compared to Anglo widows, and some of the ways psychological studies must be adapted to... |
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Jackson, James, 1980, "National Survey of Black Americans, 1979-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZJY6A6, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:uhup4AEz6Dcnjx8E3YY+Kw== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to provide an appropriate theoretical and empirical approach to concepts, measures, and methods in the study of black Americans. The questionnaire was developed over two years with input from social scientists, students, and a national advisory panel of black scholars. The final instrument is comprehensive, encompassin... |
Grebler, Leo; Moore, Joan W.; Guzman, Ralph C., 1998, "Mexican American Study Project, 1965-1966", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HIAW8R, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:Z1j3SQD+P/ONCiG842cX3g== [fileUNF]
The goal of the Mexican American Study Project was to conduct a comprehensive study of the experience and position of Mexican Americans using an interdisciplinary approach; the study was the most comprehensive study of this population at the time. The head of the household or the spouse from 949 Mexican American households in Los Angeles and 607 ho... |
