ON THE GENERALIZED RAO-RUBIN CONDITION and SOME VARIANTS

This paper gives a characterization of some members of the compound Poisson family of distributions based on the generalized Rao-Rubin condition. By considering some variants of this condition and using power series arguments, characterizations of the Poisson distribution are also obtained.     

Families and donor insemination: the views of semen donors

One of the consequences of donor insemination for the semen donor is that he becomes a member of two families: his own family in which he has a genetic and social connection with his offspring; and the family of the recipient couple, in which he has a genetic connection to the offspring, but usually no social connection with either the offspring or the recipient couple. This article challenges the dominant view that donor insemination as a practice of mainly medical or legal importance by looking at the attitudes of donors to both their own family and the family to which they have contributed their genetic material. Results are presented concerning who donors have told about their donation, who they think should be told, whether they think recipient couples should tell their donor insemination offspring about their conception, and concerning their opinions about factors that are considered in matching donors with recipient fathers.     

The role of perception in the intention to change the family financial situation

The study investigates factors associated with the individual intentions to change the family financial situation of 337 farm respondents. The hypotheses are that intentions to change are influenced by (a) resource flexibility or constraints existing at the time of the decision situation, including off-farm employment, education, age, and household size, and (b) perceptual factors of perceived income adequacy, locus of control, degree of discrepancy between standard and level of the family financial situation, and dissatisfaction or satisfaction with the discrepancy. Older respondents and those experiencing more external control are less likely to intend to change. Younger respondents and those who perceive their incomes as more adequate are more likely to perceive that they have control over their situation. The lower the perceived income adequacy, the greater the discrepancy between standard and level of the family financial situation and the lower the satisfaction with the discrepancy. Significant indirect effects were consistent with theoretical expectations.Research was supported by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Projects 52-055, 52-054, and 52-058 and the Minnesota Extension Service. The authors wish to thank Jean W. Bauer, Ph.D., for research collaboration and Susan Keskinen and Cathy Schultz for research assistance.Her research interests include social, economic, and technical decision processes, discrepancies between standards and levels, and the interrelationship of work and family roles, particularly for farm women. Her Ph.D. is from Iowa State University.Her research interests in family resource management theory include social decision making processes and social decision rules, family life quality, and the economic consequences of divorce. Her Ph.D. is from Michigan State University.     

Family health care decision making

How do families choose a health plan when offered the option of insurance or a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)? Choices are influenced by health consumerism, decision variables, family health needs, family composition, family socioeconomic status, and knowledge about HMOs. Subjects in the research reported here chose insurance or one of four HMOs; control subjects had no HMOs available. The model is estimated with LOGIT regression, yielding a pseudoR ² of.22 for the adjusted model. Participation in the decision process, number of chronic illnesses, and knowledge about HMOs all are significantly and positively associated with choosing an HMO; also, young adults are more likely than older adults to choose HMOs. The consumerism variable fails to attain significance. LOGIT analysis of the adjusted model indicates that the model predicted 72% of plan choices correctly. Suggested research for other family forms, for the poor, and for the elderly's health plan choices are discussed.     

"家庭系统"解析

本研究从家庭的契约和交换本质入手,指出这种契约和交换包含了家庭从建立到解体的全过程中的生产、交换、消费三个方面的内容,并在此基础上对家庭系统作了解析。     

也谈Gu厮Luo的族源、身世及其它

文章运用汉藏文史料,对11世纪河湟地区藏族部落首领唃厮啰的族源、身世、名称等进行了考证,并就青唐城的含义进行了剖析.     

论高校学生管理工作存在的问题及对策

学生管理工作是高等教育的重要组成部分,但是随着改革的不断深入,学生管理工作出现了一些问题.本文在分析了这些问题的基础上,提出了一些对策建议。     

英国高校学生事务的概况与特点—以里丁大学为例

英国高校具有学生支持的历史传统，但是学生事务并没有一个被广泛接受的模式和具体范围的规定。里丁大学学生事务具有英国传统大学和现代大学的双重特点。文章以该校为例，从学生服务部门的组成、个人导师体系和学生会等三个方面介绍了英国高校学生事务的概况，并以此为基础分析了英国高校学生事务的一些特点。     

Family Provisions at the Workplace and Their Relationship to Absenteeism,Retention, and Productivity of Workers: Timely Evidence from Prior Data

Using data from the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, this study provides timely evidence on the effects of on‐site child care at the workplace and employer‐provided family leave on worker absenteeism, turnover, and productivity. The study found that workplaces with on‐site child care compared with workplaces with no on‐site child care had lower rates of absenteeism and higher ratings for worker productivity. Workplaces that had a family leave policy also had lower rates of absenteeism than workplaces that had no such policy in place. Analyses also suggest that workplace characteristics, such as presence of a human‐resources manager or union representative, are associated with higher worker productivity. Firm size, mission, and shift work were other predictors of worker performance. The findings argue strongly for an extensive, new workplace survey that can elucidate how parents today manage to abide by new workplace agreements while still handling the demands of family life.     

建构和谐:宋儒理想状态的家庭邻里关系

经过所谓的"唐宋变革"以后,宋代最基层的社会关系出现了巨大的变化.为了因应新的社会环境,宋朝士大夫逐渐形成了一套系统的"齐家"理念;同时,随着新的宗族体系的确立,还出现了各种形式的"乡约".这些"居家礼仪"等宋代读书人倡导的理想社会关系逐渐得到统治者的认同,并被付诸实践,成为宋代以后中国古代社会主流的基层社会组织形态,这是唐代以前门阀制度崩溃以后宋代重构基层权力网络的必然结果.