Adolescent pregnancy is a major social problem which results in negative psychological, medical, developmental,
economic and educational consequences for both mother and child. A review of the literature examined psychological and sociocultural factors and negative consequences associated with adolescent pregnancy. There has been little research on age specific differences between...
In this study patterns of shared family time in 210 two-parent,
two-child Oregon households were described. The relationship between
amounts of shared time and a number of family and environmental
characteristics was also researched.
The study used the Oregon data from a contributing project of
the Northeast Regional Research Project...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of social
position and stage in the family life cycle on the use of living and
family rooms in houses with and without a family room.
Homes built from two floorplans were selected for the sample.
These two floorplans were...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship
between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of
language development in "disadvantaged" children.
The subjects were 19 preschool children in a summer Head
Start program in Denver, Colorado. Their ages ranged from four
years-nine months to five years-seven months. Eighteen...
The purpose of this problem was to compare young, middle-aged, and older women's attitudes concerning clothing, and to see
what influence the husband's position and income had on the clothing
attitudes of the wife.
The problem dealt with five specific aspects of women's dress:
(1) appropriate dress, (2) impressing others,...
The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the jobrelated
expenditures of married clerical workers. Also examined
were the economic contribution married clerical workers made to
the total family income and their reasons for working.
The sample was taken from the 1973-74 Staff Directory at Oregon
State University. Only...
This study examined the financial management practices of a
group of middle and upper class retired couples in a period of rising
prices and relatively fixed incomes.
The objective of this study was to describe (1) financial planning
of retired couples, (2) expenditures of these couples, (3) adjustments
of their...
The purpose of this study was to compare differentials in housing
costs between renting and owning.
The data were obtained from a sample of 60 household heads
who were listed as retired in the city directories. They met the following
criteria: lived independently in the community, were 65 years
of...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the home remodeling
being done during a period of varying economic conditions. A
population of owner-occupants who had purchased building permits to
spend $100 or more remodeling between 1965 - 1970 was collected
from the files of the Building Inspector's Office, Department...