ever served jury duty and only three own their own busine ss. Just 28% report working in a supervisory capacity. The so figures, as well as those in the preceding paragraph, would become more significant if they could be compared with figures for the total female populati on.
GENERAL IMPRESSION
Nevertheless, what has been said may give a general impression of the kind of group responding to the questionnairo. It appears to be, on the average, relatively welleducated, above average in income, relatively high in professional workers, and living a relatively stable, responsible mode of life by certain conventional, if superficial, standards. The re are of cour se some atypical replies: One individual has been a prostituto; two are reformed users of narcotics; four report themselves as reformed alcoholios and one as presently so. In addition 11 wero at one time (mostly for brief periods) committed to a mental hospital; and 19 (12% of the total) have been arrested (most commonly for drunkenness and traffic violations). Soo Section IV below for more on personal history.
III. Family Background
The group's family background appears fairly conventional: The great majority
(87%)
were reared by their parents, and three-quarters of the se by both parent s; in most cases (64%) the father was the sole wageearner. Of the small group reared by by other
than their
own parents,
most were reared by relatives. Where only one parent raised the child, it was in most cases (27 out of 34) the mother. The so cases of single-parent rearing, however, due twice as often divorco or separation
were to
37.7%PROFESSIONAL
33.2% CLERICAL
**MANGERIAL OFFICIAL
OTHERS 3.1%
TOUSEWIFE 2.5%)
SALES 2.5%
2.5%
TRADES
SEMI-PROF. 6.4%
5.7%
STUDENTS BUSE"
ZUNSKILLED
FIG. 3-DISTRIBUTION BY TYPES OF OCCUPATION
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