Anomie, opportunity, and the density of ethnic ties: another view of Jewish outmarriage in Canada

Deux perspectives du mariage des juifs en dehors de leur groupe, au Canada, sont évaluées dans cet article. La 1ère souligne 1'anomie et la rupture des liens normatifs. La 2e est une interpretation structurelle qui soutient que le mariage en dehors du groupe est surtout dû aux chances limitées de se marier à l'intérieur de la collectivité. Les données sont tirées de Statistiques Canada/ chaque province représentant une unite d'analyse. Les données sont plus compatibles avec la perspective structurelle du mariage en dehors du groupe qu'avec l'argument de l'anomie.
This paper assesses two views of Jewish outmarriage in Canada. One focuses on anomie and the disruption of normative ties to best explain outmarriage. The other is a structural explanation which holds that outmarriage is largely a result of restricted opportunities to marry within the group.
The data are drawn from Statistics Canada, with each province as the unit of analysis. The data are more consistent with the structural view of outmarriage than with the anomie argument.     

Conformity to AAPOR Standards in Newspaper Reporting of Public Opinion Polls

This study examines three newspapers' level of conformity toAAPOR standards of minimal disclosure in their reporting ofpublic opinion polls. Analysis of 116 polls published in theperiod of 1972–79 indicates a dramatic increase in thenumber of polls reported, but not in the level of conformityto AAPOR standards. Conformity is higher when the polls concernelections rather than nonelection topics, and when newspapersthemselves, rather than external sources, are the sources ofthe polls.     

Environment and mental health: the impact of new buildings on the programs and organization of a psychiatric hospital*

Ce texte porte sur la relation réciproque entre l'environnement physique et les programmes réalisés dans cet environnement, et plus spécialement sur les effets de changements dans l'environnement physique. Des observateurs-participants ont été présents avant, pendant, et après le déplacement d'une partie d'un hôpital mental provincial d'un édifice archaique du dix-neuvième siécle à des commodités modernes sur le même terrain. Des observations de même que de la documentation historique sont présentées de façon à illustrer comment des changements de valeurs et d'attitudes par rapport à la maladie mentale sont liés à des modifications du milieu physique de traitement. The reciprocal relationship between the effects of the physical environment and the programs conducted in that environment are discussed, with a particular emphasis on the effects of change in the physical environment. Participant observers were present before, during, and after the relocation of part of a provincial mental hospital from an archaic nineteenth-century building to modern facilities on the same grounds. Data from the study, as well as historical material, are offered to illustrate some of the ways in which changed values and attitudes about mental illness are linked to modifications in physical settings where treatment is given.     

CYCLIC PATTERNS IN WEEKS AND WAGES

An attempt is made to measure the sensitivity of real wages and weeks worked to overall cyclic disturbances using rather refined microdata. While overall results indicate that real wages are "rigid" with weeks worked exhibiting a procyclic pattern, significant contrasts in cyclic patterns are evident between union and nonunion sectors. Furthermore, these cyclic contrasts are generated by worker experience level to ascertain the extent of cyclic variation depending upon years on current job by a worker. An attempt is then made to link these empirical contrasts to patterns that are expected for two theoretical frameworks: an auction market model and an implicit contracting model. This leads to a conclusion that the union sector tends to exhibit implicit contracting characteristics whereas auction market characteristics prevail in the nonunion sector.     

PRICING UNDER FEDERAL MILK MARKET REGULATION

Federal milk market regulation sets the wholesale price of most fluid milk in this country. This paper explores the purposes served by price-setting procedures under regulation and their quantitative impact. The institutional and theoretical background is provided, and an econometric model of a regulated milk market is estimated. The latter demonstrates that actual prices are consistent with those which would maximize producer benefit in 1960 and 1970, and that regulation produces quite substantial effects on prices and quantities within markets, on price patterns among markets, and on income distribution and economic efficiency.