Social Problems pamphlets

A collection of miscellaneous pamphlets.

British social politics : materials illustrating contemporary state action for the solution of social problems,

Includes bibliographical references.

Work and life; a study of the social problems of today,

"Some of the chapters of this book, in substance but not in form, have appeared in various magazines...The ideas advanced have also been presented in a series of popular lectures delivered in ...cities of the middle West."--Pref.

American social problems : an introduction to the study of society /

"References" at end of each chapter.

Social forces in England and America,

These essays originally appeared in various periodicals.

Sociology and modern social problems,

"Select references" at end of each chapter.

The social spirit in America,

Mode of access: Internet.

Economic and social problems and conditions of the southern Appalachians /

One folded color map in pocket.

Erroneous supplemental security income payments result from problems in processing changes in recipients' circumstances : report /

"B-164031(4)"--p. [1].

Social problems,

Appendix: I. Condition of English agricultural laborers [by] William Saunders. II. A piece of land. By Francis G. Shaw.

The social spirit in America /

Mode of access: Internet.

Civic and social problems

Mode of access: Internet.

The social problem in its economical, moral, and political aspects,

book 1. Introductory: The social problem and its history.--book 2. The existing distribution of wealth and work.--book 3. Property and inequality of wealth.--book 4. Special remedies.--Appendix: On the relativity of political economy.

Studies in social progress in the gospel of the kingdom.

Mode of access: Internet.

Perceived social support in a large community sample - Age and sex differences

Background. The positive health and wellbeing effects of social support have been consistently demonstrated in the literature since the late 1970s. However, a better understanding of the effects of age and sex is required. Method. We examined the factor structure and reliability of Kessler's Perceived Social Support (KPSS) measure in a community-based sample that comprised younger and older adult cohorts from the Australian Twin Registry (ATR), totalling 11,389 males and females aged 18-95, of whom 887 were retested 25 months later. Results. Factor analysis consistently identified seven factors: support from spouse, twin, children, parents, relatives, friends and helping support. Internal reliability for the seven dimensions ranged from 0.87 to 0.71 and test-retest reliability ranged from 0.75 to 0.48. Perceived support was only marginally higher in females. Age dependencies were explored. Across the age range, there was a slight decline (more marked in females) in the perceived support from spouse, parent and friend, a slight increase in perceived relative and helping support for males but none for females, a substantial increase in the perceived support from children for males and females and a negligible decline in total KPSS for females against a negligible increase for males. The perceived support from twin remained constant. Females were more likely to have a confidant, although this declined with age whilst increasing with age for males. Conclusions. Total scores for perceived social support conflate heterogeneous patterns on sub-scales that differ markedly by age and sex. Our paper describes these relationships in detail in a very large Australian sample.