摘要:

This paper presents the results of a study which asks whether elderly blacks and whites are differentially distributed across 17 categories of institutions in which aged individuals may be institutionalized. Census data for 1950, 1960, and 1970 were employed. The state was the unit of analysis. The measure of variation in institutionalization was the index of dissimilarity. Substantial differences in the distributions of elderly blacks and whites by type of institution could be observed, though a general decline in dissimilarity occurred over time. Selected types of institutions were found to contribute heavily to this dissimilarity. Several explanations for the findings are examined.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.901

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

摘要:

Recent research on equal-status interracial contact suggests that such contact lessens prejudice. The present study extends research on equal-status contact into a situation designed to elicit favorable contact, namely faculty desegregation in public schools. Black and white teachers were interviewed with regard to their levels of prejudice both before and after participating in an in-service training institute on problems of school desegregation in Houston, Texas. In addition, a follow-up survey was administered sixteen months after the conclusion of institute training. The conclusions were: (1) after completion of institute training white respondents scored significantly lower onallmeasures of prejudice while black scores remained relatively stable; (2) teachers who participated in institute training were significantly less prejudiced than were a random sample of non-institute participants selected from the same schools; and (3) institute training was more effective in lessening white prejudice tow ard blacks than in reducing black prejudice toward whites. In relating these findings to recent research by Cohen and Roper and W. Scott Ford, we conclude that many interracial contact situations that are perceived as being of equal status by whites are not perceived in the same manner by blacks, a conclusion which suggests a modification of the traditional equal-status contact hypothesis as well as having direct implications for policy-making in the area of school desegregation.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.911

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

摘要:

A definition of “the South” based on the frequency of entries beginning with “Southern” and “Dixie” in the telephone directories of a sample of American cities yields substantial the same results as earlier definitions based on quite different criteria. There are some differences, however, in the areas delimited by these two words, and the differences may make sense in the light of the words' different connotations. The method employed should be useful in many other applications.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.925

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.940

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.942

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.943

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.944

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.945

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.947

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/54.4.948

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1976

数据来源: OUP