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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... |
Hulbert, Kathleen Day, 2022, "Follow-up on the Internship Component of the Women and Career Options Program, 1984", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1U2XZ7, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This study was a follow-up of Trachtenberg's Student Internship Program, 1975 (Log# 00073) data. The internship program, funded by the Carnegie Corporation, was designed to encourage and facilitate the entry of women into predominantly male professions. The follow-up was primarily concerned with examining the balance of the professional and persona... |
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... |
Nowlis, David, 2021, "Child Rearing Antecedents of Hypnotic Susceptibility, 1963-1964", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ND6P5U, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:n3EdCtvb2yjWeueduTZ3mg== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between early childhood experiences and susceptibility to hypnosis. A longitudinal analysis was used to investigate the relationship between a follow-up measure of susceptibility and a large number of child rearing measures established during earlier studies of the same population. This stu... |
Whiting, Beatrice B.; Whiting, John, 1999, "Six Cultures Study: Orchard Town, 1954-1955", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FHMWIC, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This data set is part of a larger cross-cultural study which explored the relation between patterns of child rearing and their impact on personality development both within and across cultures. The study was designed to determine the degree to which experiences in early childhood influence behavior, perceptions of the world, life-philosophies, reli... |
Donald McKinley, 2001, "Social Class and Family Life, 1959", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DQ1KTC, Harvard Dataverse, V1
The effects of social class, especially aspects of fathers' work, on family life were examined through interviews with 16 fathers and sons, and questionnaires given to 260 11th and 12th grade boys. A central question in this work was how and why methods of socialization vary from class to class, using father's occupation to define social class. Thi... |
Edwards, Carl N., 2024, "Cultural Continuity Study, 1966-1972", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TTCHDM, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:q5p3mmJkt7YbAMutjC96Rg== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to follow the lives of educated American women from their senior year in college for five years post graduation in order to examine the cultural values and role dilemmas of educated women in the two traditional fields of nursing and teaching. In 1966, 473 nurses from 20 nursing schools and 250 teachers fro... |
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... |
