101 to 110 of 143 Results
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Roberts, Elizabeth J.; Kline, David; Gagnon, John; Population Education, Inc., 1979, "Family Life and Sexual Learning, 1975-1977", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZRGVIO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:i0Z5eJJAB1gBIIeQT/Wz0Q== [fileUNF]
This study was undertaken to explore the role of parents in the sexual learning of children and to influence the design and development of new policies and programs regarding the teaching of sexuality in the greater Cleveland area. A cross-sectional survey of parents of 3- to 11-year-old children was performed using a stratified, unequal probabilit... |
Bender, Henry E., 1980, "American Management Association's Survey of Women Business Owners, 1978-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XV0NAX, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:YaVF5WEO49oQ7NvEMj7ZAw== [fileUNF]
This survey was designed to obtain a picture of women business owners, the major problems they encountered and the major determinants of their success. The original study (the Woman Entrepreneur study) was conducted in 1978 by the American Management Association. In 1979 a follow-up (the Woman Small Business Administration study) was conducted to i... |
Michelson, William M., 1984, "Working Mothers and Stress, 1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JYE9E0, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This research was designed to assess, from the level of the individual family, the daily conditions and experiences of employed and single mothers. The data were also collected to assess the implications of these findings for children and for policies and practices relating to employment, families, and women. The sample consists of 545 families in... |
Feldman, Harold, 1987, "Effect of Parenthood on Marriage, 1962-1963", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QXTB2N, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:OfUTmL65aRkW+QV8CZUktA== [fileUNF]
This short-term longitudinal study, sometimes referred to as the First Child Study, examined the impact of the birth of the first child on the marriage of young couples. First time parents were compared with childless couples and also with couples who were having their second child. Included in the design of the study was a test of the role theory... |
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... |
Moen, Phyllis, 2024, "Cornell Retirement and Well Being Study, 1994-1999", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H3AWTH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:9no5L1cbYyiW0VmP0aqX+w== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to explore pathways in and out of paid work and unpaid community service, as well as the implications of different trajectories for well-being in later life. The study investigated the transition to and life during retirement by following both male and female older workers and retirees over a five-year per... |
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Brett, Jeanne M., 1981, "Effect of Job Transfer on American Women, 1977-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YFEOY8, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:CYzXXuEap+8wO3HUr+jrPQ== [fileUNF]
This study was conducted to investigate the reasons why some employees and their families are willing to move and others are not, to examine what conditions make moving easy or difficult, and to assess the effects of a mobile lifestyle. Ten Employee Relocation Council member companies were invited to participate by providing the independent researc... |
Veroff, Joseph (Deceased); Douvan, Elizabeth; Kulka, Richard, 1979, "Replication of Americans View Their Mental Health, 1976", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OKWUDC, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This replication of a 1957 study (see Gurin, Veroff, and Feld, 1957, Log# 00077) was conducted to determine the status of mental health in the American adult population and to determine the typical coping styles used by this population. The population from which this representative sample was drawn consisted of all adults, 21 years old or older liv... |
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... |
