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Decomposition of Differences
(Sage Publications, 1975)
This paper examines methods of decomposing a difference in levels between groups for a dependent variable such as income. Applied to regression equations, this technique estimates the contribution to the difference from ...
A note on changes in black racial attitudes in Detroit: 1968–1976
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publ. Co ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1979-10)
Fertility and Family Life in an Indian Village
(1975)
The first author was a viting professor in the Department of Child Develoment, University of Baroda, Gujarat State, India. A long term study was undertaken of a sample of 66 families from four major casts. Including the ...
The value of children to parents in the United States
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1978-06)
The structure of subjective well-being in nine western societies
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1979-01)
The structure of subjective well-being is analyzed by multidimensional mapping of evaluations of life concerns. For example, one finds that evaluations of Income are close to (i.e., relatively strongly related to) evaluations ...
On the mode of administering a questionnaire and responses to open-ended items
(Elsevier, 1978-09)
Concurrently administered personal and telephone surveys are compared to measure differences between the modes for identical questions. Speed of questioning is found to be greater in telephone interviews than personal ...
Psychological and cultural factors in the process of occupational achievement
(Elsevier, 1972-06)
An eight-equation model embodies the hypothesis that cultural differences among ethnic-religious groups give rise to differences in psychological dispositions, which, though not directly observable, influence occupational ...